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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.

Bert Bland
Released
Bert Bland was a logger and IWW member at the Centralia, Washington local, and the brother of O.C. Bland. He w...
O.C. Bland
Released
O.C. Bland was a member of the Centralia, Washington IWW local and one of the seven Wobblies convicted followi...
Albert J. Bloss
Released
Albert J. Bloss was a conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
Paul Bowen
Released
Paul Bowen was a Seattle Smith Act defendant, one of those tried in the Northwest prosecutions for conspiring...
Frank Boyd
Released
Frank Boyd was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and cha...
Richard Brazier
Released
Richard Brazier was an Industrial Workers of the World organizer, General Executive Board member and former Sp...
Pete Breed
Released
Pete Breed was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and cha...
Al Bridges
Released
Alvin “Al” Bridges was a Nisqually fisherman, a founder of the Survival of the American Indian Association and...
W. H. Brown
Released
W. H. Brown was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and ch...
James Burmeister
Released
James Burmeister was a U.S. Army Iraq veteran who went to Canada in 2007 rather than redeploy and publicly cri...
Margaret Channon
Released
Margaret Aislinn Channon plead guilty to federal charges for reportedly lighting five Seattle Police Departmen...
Charles H. Cody
Released
Charles H. Cody was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
William Coffin
Released
William Coffin was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Guy Colwell
Released
Guy Colwell is an artist who refused the Vietnam War draft and was imprisoned at McNeil Island. His prison exp...
Mark Cook
Released
Mark Cook was the only African-American member of the George Jackson Brigade and the last to join the Pacific...
E. Cousins
Released
E. Cousins was identified among the arrested Spokane IWW leaders in November 1909 in Washington. He was releas...
Fred Crysler
Released
Fred Crysler was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and c...
Clarence Cyphert
Released
Clarence Cyphert was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail a...
Desmond David-Pitts
Released
On August 24, 2020 Desmond David-Pitts, 19, allegedly set fire to the Seattle Police Department East Precinct....
C. W. Davis
Released
C. W. Davis was secretary of the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union in Seattle, Washington. He was conv...
Roy Davis
Released
Roy Davis was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and char...
William Davis
Released
William Davis was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Joseph Dibee
Released
Joseph Mahmoud Dibee is an environmentalist and an alleged member of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Lib...
Aaron Dixon
Released
Aaron Dixon was a University of Washington Black Student Union leader who, after the March 1968 sit-in at Seat...

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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