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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.

Larry Gossett
Released
Larry Gossett was a Seattle Black Power and civil-rights activist who co-founded the University of Washington'...
Jacob Greenburg
Released
Jacob Greenburg is a Washington state activist who was convicted for his participation in black bloc activitie...
Lynne Greenwald
Released
Lynne Greenwald is a Pacific Northwest peace activist with the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action and th...
C. R. Griffin
Released
C. R. Griffin was a lumberjack from Bellingham, Washington. C. R. Griffin was convicted at the mass IWW trial...
Mary Grondin
Released
Sister Mary Grondin, a Sister of Providence, participated with Shelley Douglass and Karol Schulkin in the Febr...
Anne S. Hall
Released
The Reverend Anne S. Hall is a Lutheran pastor and longtime campaigner for nuclear disarmament. She became inv...
Carl Harp
Carl Harp was a prisoner and writer at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The May 9, 1981 newslette...
Ryan Harris
Released
Ryan Harris, age 41, of Olympia WA, Greenpeace 28 - September 2019 Houston Ship Channel bridge rappel.
Barbara Hartle
Released
Barbara Hartle was the only woman among the Seattle defendants prosecuted under the Smith Act. Federal agents...
Mikki Pike Hatfield
Released
Mikki Pike Hatfield was one of nine people federally arrested on July 15, 2025 over the June 11 protest that b...
Charles Hawkins
Released
Charles Hawkins was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
Charles Haywood
Released
Charles Haywood was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
Emil Herman
Released
Emil Herman, former Washington State secretary of the Socialist Party, was arrested on April 19, 1918 and pros...
Gordon Hirabayashi
Released
Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was a Japanese American student at the University of Washington and a Quaker who, i...
J. E. Houlihan.
Released
J. E. Houlihan. was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
Alfred Howard
Released
Alfred Howard was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Harvey Hubler
Released
Harvey Hubler was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Henry P. Huff
Released
Henry P. Huff was a Washington State civil-liberties and Communist Party organizer arrested in the Seattle Smi...
Kelly Thomas Jackson
Released
Kelly Thomas Jackson, 20, was indicted in U.S. District Court on 2 counts of arson and 2 counts of possessing...
Oscar Johnson
Released
Oscar Johnson was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Victor Johnson
Released
Victor Johnson was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
J. A. Kelly
Released
J. A. Kelly was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and ch...
Joseph Kelly
Released
Joseph Kelly, known as Joe Kelly, was an antiwar activist and Seattle Seven defendant. He was imprisoned for c...
Jennifer Kolar
Released
Member of the Earth Liberation Front "The Family" cell — the Pacific Northwest ELF/ALF affiliation responsible...

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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