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Oregon

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 Oregon.

140Documented
6In custody
123Released

Eras of repression in Oregon

Where Oregon’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

2020s 42 2000s 23 1930s 22 2010s 14 1910s 14 1970s 7

Documented cases

140 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

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Shant Singh Ahuja
Released
On July 4, 2020 Shant Singh Ahuja, 28, of Oceanside, CA was accused of willfully destroying a closed-circuit v...
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Donald Austin
Released
Donald Austin, a striking seaman, was prosecuted under Oregon's criminal-syndicalism law in the Portland drive...
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Kenneth Austin
Released
Kenneth Austin, a striking seaman, was prosecuted under Oregon's criminal-syndicalism law in the Portland driv...
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Rick Ball
Released
Rick Ball was an organizer for Service Employees International Union Local 49 in Portland, Oregon. At the 1993...
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Kamook Banks
American Indian Movement member (wife of Dennis Banks) cleared with the other 'Loud Hawk' defendants of the 19...
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J. M. Beck
Released
J. M. Beck appears in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions and...
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Ellis Bjorkman
Released
Ellis Bjorkman was one of the Portland workers charged with criminal syndicalism. In the winter of 1930–31, Po...
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Bo Brown
Released
Rita Bo Brown was a working-class lesbian and George Jackson Brigade member from rural Oregon. She was arreste...
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Rita D. Brown
Released
Working-class butch lesbian from Klamath Falls, Oregon. A former prisoner herself active in Seattle prisoner-s...
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Hedin Brugh
Released
Longtime SLEEPS (Safe Legally Entitled Emergency Places to Sleep) activist in Eugene, Oregon who advocated for...
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Ginovanni Brumbelow
Released
Ginovanni Joseph Brumbelow, 21, is an activist from Gresham, Oregon. On June 14, 2025 — No Kings Day, chosen t...
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Gary Butler
Released
Native American activist held in the Lincoln County jail in Newport, Oregon in the late 1970s in a case linked...
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Margaret Butler
Released
Margaret Butler, born in Portland, Oregon in 1957, was a Communications Workers of America rank-and-file activ...
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Joshua Cartrette
Released
Joshua Ames Cartrette, 46, is an activist from Oregon City, Oregon. On June 14, 2025 — No Kings Day, chosen to...
E
Edward William Carubis
Released
Edward William Carubis, 25, charged July 13, 2020 with assaulting federal officers in Portland by shining a gr...
A
Angela Marie Cesario
Released
Angela Marie Cesario, age 23, was convicted of conspiracy to commit arson at the Ross Island Sand & Gravel and...
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Sydney Clifford
Released
Sydney Clifford was one of 22 Greenpeace activists federally charged after the September 12, 2019 blockade of...
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Don Cluster
Released
Don Cluster was arrested with Dirk DeJonge in Portland, Oregon in 1934 and prosecuted under the state's crimin...
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Sam Cluster
Released
Sam Cluster was convicted under Oregon's criminal-syndicalism law in the 1934–35 drive that also produced the...
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Edward Denny
Released
Edward Denny was convicted under Oregon's criminal-syndicalism law in the 1934–35 drive that also produced the...
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Alexander Gorman Dial
Released
Alexander Gorman Dial, 37, indicted Sept 29, 2019 on felony riot, second-degree assault, third-degree assault,...
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Evan Kirk Duke
Released
Evan Kirk Duke, 48, indicted Sept 29, 2019 on felony riot, attempted assault, criminal mischief for the Aug 17...
A
Andrew Steven Faulkner
Released
Andrew Steven Faulkner, 24, of Beaverton OR, charged July 6, 2020 with assaulting federal officers using high-...
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A. A. Fisher
Released
A. A. Fisher was a Pacific Northwest leader of the International Woodworkers of America convicted of falsely s...

Institutions in Oregon

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Oregon that appear in the census’s case files.

Lane County JailEugene, Oregon
13 cases
Multnomah County Circuit Court
10 cases
Multnomah County District Court
5 cases
U.S. District Court, District of OregonPortland, Oregon
5 cases
FPC SheridanSheridan, Oregon
4 cases
Oregon Department of CorrectionsSalem, Oregon
4 cases
Fort Klamath
4 cases
Multnomah County Detention CenterPortland, Oregon
3 cases