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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.

Isaiah Willoughby
Released
Isaiah Willoughby is a Tacoma, Washington man who was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for setting fir...
James P. Wilson
Released
James P. Wilson was arrested among the Spokane IWW leaders in November 1909 in Washington. He was released on...
Abraham B. Wimborne
Released
Abraham B. Wimborne was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jai...
William Winn
Released
William Winn was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and c...
Hazel Wolf
Released
Hazel Wolf was an environmentalist, labor organizer, and Communist Party member in Seattle. Immigration author...
Paul Wright
Released
Former US Army soldier imprisoned in Washington State (#930783) who became a prominent jailhouse journalist an...
Alfredo Juarez Zeferino
Released
Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino is a Mixtec farmworker organizer from Oaxaca who came to the United States as a...
W
William Lee Spartacus Falkner
In Custody
William Lee Spartacus Falkner was arrested on June 19, 2026 and accused of discussing drones, explosives, and...
D
Dan Agalos
Dan Agalos was a railroad labor organizer detained in Spokane in 1933 and later held at Ellis Island in deport...
N
Nicole Mitchell
Nicole Mitchell was a U.S. Army military police officer who developed conscientious objections while deployed...
F
Floyd Wayne Turner
Floyd Wayne Turner was held in Seattle’s King County Jail during 1967 proceedings over political protest and a...
B
Beksas
Beksas, whose given name is not supplied, was a foreign-born worker confined at the Seattle immigration statio...
C
Casimiro Bueno Absolor
Released
Casimiro Bueno Absolor was a Portland member and election-committee officer of the Filipino cannery workers’ u...
M
Meldon Acheson
Released
Meldon Acheson appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...
C
Carl Albrecht
Carl Albrecht was individually listed in custody at US Forest Service, Sullivan Lake, Metaline Falls, Washingt...
S
Stanley Anderson
Released
Stanley Anderson was an Anacortes, Washington, painter and Communist legislative candidate. He had headed the...
D
Donald E. Baker
Released
Donald E. Baker, known as Don Baker, received conscientious-objector status during World War II and was assign...
R
Ray Baker
Released
Ray Baker was imprisoned at Washington State Penitentiary during Washington's criminal-syndicalism prosecution...
A
Adam Benston
Adam Benston was one of the former Hudson’s Bay Company employees whom Washington territorial authorities held...
W
William Benston
William Benston was one of the former Hudson’s Bay Company employees whom Washington territorial authorities h...
K
Kim Berardi
Released
Kim Berardi is an animal-rights activist who spent several days in federal custody at SeaTac in July 2004 for...
J
Jeffrey Berryhill
Released
Jeffrey “Jeff” Berryhill was a Port Militarization Resistance and Students for a Democratic Society organizer....
C
Clemon Blanchey
Clemon Blanchey was a prisoner organizer in the Black Panther Party’s Washington State Penitentiary cadre at W...
J
John W. Bowdoin
Released
John W. Bowdoin was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...

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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