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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.

Elmer James Dixon III
Released
Elmer James Dixon III was a Garfield High School student, Black Student Union organizer and co-founder of the...
J. T. Doran
Released
J. T. Doran was an electrician from Seattle, Washington. J. T. Doran was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Ch...
James W. Douglass
Released
Theologian and author ("JFK and the Unspeakable"). Co-founded the Pacific Life Community in January 1975 with...
Shelley Douglass
Released
Co-founder of the Pacific Life Community and Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. On Ash Wednesday, Feb 1...
Jeff Dowd
Released
Jeffrey Dowd, generally known as Jeff Dowd, was an antiwar organizer and Seattle Seven defendant. His co-defen...
Axel Downey
Released
Axel Downey was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and ch...
John Downs
Released
John Downs was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and cha...
Ernest Dudley
Released
Ernest Dudley was a member of SNCC and an early organizer of Seattle Draft Resistance who refused induction du...
Matt Duran
Released
Matt Duran was jailed for civil contempt after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating t...
Marc Emery
Released
Marc Scott Emery is a Canadian cannabis-law reform activist and publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine, known...
Adolph Ersson
Released
Adolph Ersson was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Wesley Everest
Wesley Everest was an IWW Wobbly, lumber worker, and World War I infantry veteran. On Armistice Day, November...
Bert Faulkner
Bert Faulkner was an Industrial Workers of the World member detained after the November 11, 1919 Centralia vio...
Harry Feinburg
Released
Harry Feinburg was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Henri Feola
Released
Henri Feola, 22, is an activist from Spokane, Washington who grew up in Happy Valley, Oregon and earned a degr...
C. L. Filigno
Released
C. L. Filigno was arrested among the Spokane IWW leaders in November 1909 in Washington. He was released on Ma...
E. J. Foote
Released
E. J. Foote was arrested among the Spokane IWW leaders in November 1909 in Washington. He was released on Marc...
Justice Forral
Released
Justice Forral was one of nine people federally arrested on July 15, 2025 over the June 11 protest that blocke...
John M. Foss
Released
John M. Foss was a steam fitter from Seattle, Washington. John M. Foss was convicted at the mass IWW trial in...
Jay Fox
Released
Jay Fox was an anarchist and labor organizer who edited The Agitator at the Home anarchist colony in Washingto...
Billy Frank Jr.
Released
Billy Frank Jr. was a Nisqually fisherman and treaty-rights organizer first arrested in December 1945 at age 1...
Ted Fraser
Released
Ted Fraser was a meat cutter from Seattle, Washington. Ted Fraser was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chica...
Larry Giddings
Released
Larry W. Giddings is most visible in the public record through long-running incarceration and litigation tied...
Ron Glick
Released
Ronald Glick was arrested in Washington in February 2004 and returned to Montana to face felony sexual assault...

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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