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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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Iver Moe
Released
Iver Moe was a Communist candidate for state senator, sentenced to one to two years and a $200 fine in the Ana...
T
T. A. Montgomery
Released
T. A. Montgomery was from Tacoma, Washington. T. A. Montgomery began serving a prison sentence on June 4, 1918...
L
Louis Morgan
Released
Louis Morgan was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and c...
H
Henry Murrah
Henry Murrah was one of the former Hudson’s Bay Company employees whom Washington territorial authorities held...
T
Tom Nash
Released
Tom Nash was given a ten-year prison sentence in Walla Walla Prison for violating the state's criminal syndica...
F
Floyed E. Neil
Floyed E. Neil was jailed in Bellingham for posting Communist literature. The Daily Worker of November 15, 193...
C
Carl Newman
Released
Carl Newman was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and ch...
P
Phan Nguyen
Released
Phan Nguyen is a Vietnamese American anti-war organizer and writer who worked with Port Militarization Resista...
D
David Nordloff
Released
David Nordloff was arrested at Seattle on May 22, 1918 in immigration proceedings alleging advocacy or teachin...
J
John Nugent
Released
John Nugent was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and ch...
J
Jack O'Connell
Released
Jack O'Connell was sentenced to two years in prison. He served in McNeil Island Penitentiary from September 18...
M
Martin Olsen
Martin Olsen was a Bellingham, Washington worker arrested for distributing leaflets without a permit on Septem...
E
Earl Osborne
Released
Earl Osborne was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and c...
K
Kenneth Osborne
Released
Kenneth Osborne appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dr...
J
Julianne Panagacos
Released
Julianne Panagacos is an Olympia anti-war activist and the lead plaintiff in the later federal civil-rights ca...
D
Devinare Antwan Parker
Released
Devinare Antwan Parker, 25, was charged in Seattle, WA with unlawful possession of a destructive device after...
W
Wayne Parker
Member of Seattle’s Left Bank political collective. Dragon’s editorial note reports all three taken to the pol...
A
A. J. Partan
Released
A. J. Partan was the business manager of the Finnish newspaper Toveri in Astoria, Oregon. He was arrested on N...
M
Morris Pass
Released
Morris Pass was the brother of Joseph Pass. An artist from Seattle, Washington, Morris Pass received a two-yea...
C
C. F. Payne
Released
C. F. Payne was given a prison sentence for violating the state's criminal syndicalism law because he belonged...
R
Rudolph Peterson
Released
Rudolph Peterson was a laborer from Yakima, Washington. Rudolph Peterson was sentenced to three years in priso...
E
Edgecomb Pincho
Released
Edgecomb Pincho was sentenced to two years in prison, which he served in McNeil Island Penitentiary from Augus...
R
Roman Pisito
Released
Roman Pisito was a Spokane member of ILWU Local 37 whom federal authorities targeted for revocation of citizen...
J
Jeffrey Porteous
Jeffrey Porteous refused to participate in the Vietnam War after entering the U.S. Army in 1967. His oral hist...

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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