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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.
229Documented
5In custody
166Released
2Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Oregon
Where Oregon’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2020s 72
1930s 55
2000s 32
1910s 17
2010s 15
1960s 12
Recent dashboard entries from Oregon
The newest published events and reporting located in Oregon, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
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Federal agents use tear gas during Salem anti-ICE confrontation
Prosecution
Woman pleads guilty to interference after allegedly painting Portland ICE driveway
Prosecution
Many Arrested by Portland Police During ICE Protests Saw Cases Fizzle in Court
Prosecution
Of 30 resolved Portland ICE-protest prosecutions, 28 ended in probation, supervised release, or dismissal — after felony threats of up to 20 years
Prosecution
Anti-ICE protester in Portland sentenced to 30 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer
Other
Malik Muhammad, Oregon's longest-sentenced 2020 protester, was transferred 3,000 miles to a South Carolina prison
Prosecution
37 federal cases, 1 prison sentence: The quiet resolution of Portland's ICE protests
Prosecution
Portland ICE protester Angella Davis acquitted by a jury on all charges
Documented cases
229 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Nicole Aria Rose
Released
Nicole Aria Rose, of McMinnville OR, indicted June 2021 for January 20, 2021 Portland Democratic Party HQ riot...
Rubin Sandstrom
Released
Rubin Sandstrom was one of the Portland workers charged with criminal syndicalism. In the winter of 1930–31, P...
Suzanne Savoie
Released
Suzanne Savoie was a member of the Eugene-area Earth Liberation Front cell who participated in actions includi...
Edward Schinzing
Released
Edward Schinzing is a Portland, Oregon man who was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for setting fire i...
F. Emily Semple
Released
Emily was an Occupy Eugene activist arrested at the federal plaza in Eugene, Oregon while protesting in 2012....
Mateen Abdul Shaheed
Released
Mateen Abdul Shaheed is a black youth, born and raised in Portland. On November 10th, 2016, Portland filled wi...
Jeffrey Richard Singer
Released
Jeffrey Richard Singer, charged October 20, 2020 with civil disorder (charging at and shoulder-slamming office...
Dan Stoeff
Released
Dan Stoeff was one of the Portland workers charged with criminal syndicalism. In the winter of 1930–31, Portla...
Gavaughn Streeter-Hillerich
Released
Gavaughn Streeter-Hillerich is a Portland, Oregon activist who set a dumpster on fire and pushed it against th...
Anne Sweet
Released
Anne Sweet was a Black labor activist in Portland, Oregon, and a participant in the Summer Institute for Union...
Kendall Tankersley
Released
Sarah Kendall Tankersley (later Sarah Kendall Harvey) was a peripheral member of the Eugene-area Earth Liberat...
Robert Thaxton
Released
Robert Thaxton (aka Rob los Ricos, ricos meaning "the rich" in spanish) is an anarchist who was sentenced to s...
Darren Thurston
Released
Darren Thurston is a Canadian animal-rights and environmental activist prosecuted in the U.S. Operation Backfi...
John Torrko
Released
John Torrko was one of the Portland workers charged with criminal syndicalism. In the winter of 1930–31, Portl...
Kevin Tubbs
Released
Kevin Tubbs was a longstanding member of the Eugene-area Earth Liberation Front cell. He pleaded guilty under...
Sergey Turzhanskiy
Released
Sergey Turzhanskiy is a Portland, Oregon anti-fascist activist and union organizer. In 2012 he threw a Molotov...
Fred Walker
Released
Fred Walker was a Young Communist League district organizer prosecuted under Oregon’s criminal-syndicalism law...
Juniper Perry Weed
Released
Juniper Perry Weed was arrested on June 18, 2025 during a protest outside the South Portland ICE office after...
Harry Wicks
Released
Harry Wicks was a founding leader of the Communist Party of America in 1919 — a delegate to its founding conve...
Mark Wilson
Released
Mark Wilson is an Oregon prison-rights advocate, jailhouse lawyer and Prison Legal News contributor. He was pl...
Julie Winters
Released
Julie Winters was arrested during a June 24, 2025 protest at the South Portland ICE office after federal offic...
Bob Wollheim
Released
Robert Wollheim was a Vietnam War draft resister who refused induction in Portland in May 1968. He was impriso...
Bill Worral
Released
Bill Worral was one of the Portland workers charged with criminal syndicalism. In the winter of 1930–31, Portl...
Minoru Yasui
Released
Minoru Yasui was the first Japanese-American attorney admitted to the Oregon State Bar and a U.S. Army Reserve...
Institutions in Oregon
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Oregon that appear in the census’s case files.
Lane County JailEugene, Oregon
11 cases
Multnomah County JailPortland, Oregon
10 cases
Multnomah County Circuit Court
8 cases
Multnomah County District Court
5 cases
FPC SheridanSheridan, Oregon
4 cases
Oregon Department of CorrectionsSalem, Oregon
4 cases
Fort Klamath
4 cases
Multnomah County Detention CenterPortland, Oregon
4 cases