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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.

W. E. Mead
Released
W. E. Mead was from Seattle, Washington. W. E. Mead was sentenced to five years in prison, which he served in...
Tyre Wayne Means Jr.
Released
Tyre Wayne Means Jr. was federally prosecuted for setting fire to a Seattle Police Department patrol car and t...
James Franklin Melton
Released
James Franklin Melton was beginning to serve a prison sentence on December 10, 1918, in McNeil Island Penitent...
Chris Mensalvas
Released
Chris Mensalvas (also spelled Mensalvos) was a Filipino American labor leader and poet who in 1949 was elected...
Carl Miller
Released
Carl Miller was a Seattle SNCC organizer jailed after the Franklin High School protest. His conviction was lat...
Harold Miller
Released
Harold Miller was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Sid Mills
Released
Clarence “Sid” Mills, Yakama and Cherokee, was a wounded Vietnam veteran who publicly refused further military...
John Mitchell
Released
John Mitchell was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Christopher Monfort
Released
Christopher Monfort shot and killed Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton on October 31, 2009, in attacks he...
Jeff Monson
Released
Former UFC heavyweight title challenger and self-identified anarchist. Joined the May 23-24, 2006 PMR human-ch...
Justin Christopher Moore
Released
On September 7, 2020 during a racial justice protest in Seattle, WA sparked by George Floyd's murder, Justin C...
William Moran
Released
William Moran was a seaman from Spokane, Washington. William Moran was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chic...
James Mulrooney
Released
James Mulrooney was a laborer from Seattle, Washington. James Mulrooney was convicted at the mass IWW trial in...
George Murphy
Released
George Murphy was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Frank Nash
Released
Frank Nash was a member of the IWW. Frank Nash received a five-year prison sentence for violating the state's...
Malachi O'Neill
Released
Malachi O'Neill was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
Katherine Olejnik
Released
Katherine “KteeO” Olejnik was jailed for civil contempt after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury...
Jack Paterson
Released
Jack Paterson was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
William J. Pennock
Released
William J. Pennock was a Seattle attorney, Communist Party organizer, and former Washington state legislator....
Harston Peters
Released
Harston Peters was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Terry Pettus
Released
Terry Pettus was editor of the People’s World and one of the Seattle Smith Act defendants arrested on Septembe...
Maddy Pfeiffer
Released
Maddy Pfeiffer was one of the Pacific Northwest grand-jury resisters. After refusing to answer questions befor...
Lacey Phillabaum
Released
Member of the Earth Liberation Front "The Family" cell — the Pacific Northwest ELF/ALF affiliation responsible...
Herbert Phillips
Released
Herbert J. Phillips was a former University of Washington philosophy professor — one of the first scholars fir...

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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