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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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Michael D. Poulin
Released
Michael Devlyn Poulin was a military veteran and anti-war activist associated with Spokane, Washington. In Oct...
J
Joe Prudencio
Released
Joe Prudencio was a World War II veteran and militant rank-and-file member of the Filipino cannery workers’ un...
F
Frederick Rakevich
Frederick Rakevich was individually named among four defendants at an August 12, 1983 hearing concerning refus...
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William Randall
Released
William Randall was the secretary of the IWW local in Tacoma, Washington. William Randall was sentenced to thr...
L
Laurie Raymond
Anti-nuclear activist facing a separate August 3, 1976 trial over cutting a fence at the Trident submarine bas...
J
Jose Raymundo
Released
Jose Raymundo was a Portland member of the Filipino cannery workers’ union, later ILWU Local 37. Immigration a...
T
Thomas F. Reed
Released
Thomas F. Reed was a conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
M
Michael J. Reilly
Released
Michael J. Reilly was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail...
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W. M. Reivo
Released
W. M. Reivo was the editor of the Finnish newspaper Toveri in Astoria, Oregon. He was arrested on November 9,...
P
Paul Douglas Revak
Released
Paul Douglas Revak, age 20, an anarchist, was arrested after attempting to purchase explosives from an underco...
B
Bryan Rivera (ELF case)
Bryan “Lefey” Rivera was remanded in 2008 over an alleged ELF-related property-damage action, distinct from th...
A
Andrea Robbins
Released
Andrea Robbins is an Olympia anti-war organizer who also worked with the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Projec...
F
Fred H. Robinson
Released
Fred H. Robinson was a conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed f...
A
Alicia Rosenbaum
Released
Alicia Rosenbaum was a twenty-one-year-old stenographer. Alicia Rosenbaum was arrested with W. E. Spear and Ed...
E
Ed Roth
Released
Ed Roth was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and charge...
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Leslie Roundtree
Leslie Roundtree served sixteen days in jail in July 1984 after refusing a fine or community service for a pea...
J
James Rowan
Released
James Rowan was the secretary-treasurer of the Lumber Workers Industrial Union, Local 500, from Spokane, Washi...
T
Thomas Savage
Released
Thomas Savage was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
O
Otto Frederick Schmidt
Released
Otto Frederick Schmidt was a twenty-six-year-old member of the IWW arrested in Spokane, Washington. Otto Frede...
B
Bruce Seidel
Released
Bruce Seidel was a former University of Illinois economics graduate student turned prison-rights activist who...
E
E. J. Shapeero
Released
E. J. Shapeero was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
H
H. Shebeck
Released
H. Shebeck was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and cha...
L
Larry Sherry
Released
Larry Sherry appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft and...
C
Cho Shimizu
Cho Shimizu is explicitly identified by Pacific Citizen as a survivor of the Puyallup Assembly Center, also ca...

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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