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Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Washington.

404Documented
2In custody
321Released
2Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Washington

Where Washington’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1910s 155 1970s 38 2000s 28 1960s 28 2020s 25 1980s 25

Recent dashboard entries from Washington

The newest published events and reporting located in Washington, updated automatically from the live dashboard.

Other

Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home

Washington, D.C. · Associated Press
Other

White House excludes Politico from Air Force One press pool

Washington, D.C. · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Pro-Data Center Party Interrupted by Protesters in DC

PubKey, Washington, DC · Newsweek
Other

White House excludes CNN from Air Force One press pool for presidential trips

Washington, DC · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down

Kennedy Center, Washington, DC · PBS NewsHour
Other

CNN, MS NOW and Politico barred from White House access; outlets challenge the ban

White House, Washington, DC · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Protesters hit Hagerstown to protest major data center proposed for city

Washington County Commissioners, Hagerstown, MD · LocalNews1
Arrest

He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested.

U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court, Washington, DC · The Washington Post
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Documented cases

404 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

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Robert Lam
Released
Robert L. Lam, CPS worker 005781, described imprisonment at McNeil Island after leaving his Fort Steilacoom me...
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Erin Nicole Lang
Released
Erin Nicole Lang was one of nine people federally arrested on July 15, 2025 over the June 11 protest that bloc...
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Theodore Lauer
Released
Theodore Lauer was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
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William Lawson
Released
William Lawson was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
M
Mrs. Lee Udy
Mrs. Lee Udy, a mother of two and cook for the striking marine workers, was arrested in Seattle and convicted...
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Ben Legg
Released
Ben Legg was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and charg...
H
Hermann Leiste
Hermann Leiste was individually listed in custody at US Forest Service, Sullivan Lake, Metaline Falls, Washing...
J
John Leivo
Released
John Leivo, also known as John Litmonen, was an Industrial Workers of the World member detained in Washington...
M
Morris Levine
Released
Morris Levine was a transient from Seattle, Washington. Morris Levine was convicted at the mass IWW trial in C...
E
Emil Linden
Emil Linden was national secretary of the Fishermen and Cannery Workers Industrial Union, leading a strike of...
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Hersh Linsky
Hersh Linsky was arrested at Seattle on January 29, 1918 in immigration proceedings alleging advocacy or teach...
G
Gus Lipkin
Gus Lipkin, also recorded as Gust Lipkin, was an Industrial Workers of the World member detained in US immigra...
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Tina Lowe
Released
Tina Lowe was imprisoned for an October 1979 trespass protest at the Trident submarine base at Bangor, Washing...
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Sidney Wallace Mader
Released
Sidney Wallace Mader was a Canadian citizen. Sidney Wallace Mader was arrested in Berlin, New Hampshire, on Se...
J
Joseph Manning
Released
Joseph Manning was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
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Mary McAllister
Mary McAllister was a proprietor of the Roderick Hotel in Centralia, Washington, with her husband J. C. McAlli...
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John McCloud
John McCloud was one of the former Hudson’s Bay Company employees whom Washington territorial authorities held...
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Matt McConville
Matt McConville was a Yakama defendant in the Columbia River fishing-rights prosecution described by the Inter...
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John McDonald
John McDonald was listed as an actual class-war prisoner at Walla Walla in the International Labor Defense hol...
J
John McPhail
John McPhail was one of the former Hudson’s Bay Company employees whom Washington territorial authorities held...
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Ed Miller
Released
Ed Miller was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and char...
J
Jacob Milner
Jacob Milner was a Seattle peace activist involved since 1998 with the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Actio...
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Vallentine Mink
Released
Vallentine Mink, printed Valentine Mink in the 1921 Senate table, was imprisoned at McNeil Island. A two-year...
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Louis G. Mische
Louis G. Mische was an Industrial Workers of the World organizer detained during the First Red Scare. The One...

Institutions in Washington

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Washington that appear in the census’s case files.

Snohomish County JailEverett, Washington
75 cases
McNeil Island Federal PenitentiarySteilacoom, Washington
67 cases
USP McNeil IslandSteilacoom, Washington
43 cases
Washington State PenitentiaryWalla Walla, Washington
13 cases
SeaTac Federal Detention CenterSeaTac, Washington
9 cases
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla / U.S. District Court, W.D. WashingtonWalla Walla, Washington
8 cases
US Forest Service, Sullivan LakeMetaline Falls, Washington
7 cases
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla WallaWalla Walla, Washington
5 cases
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