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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.
Joseph Ybarra
Released
Joseph Ybarra is a person who was sentenced to time served after roughly 18 months in federal pretrial detenti...
Antonio Scott Zamora
Released
Antonio Scott Zamora was an Occupy ICE PDX protester and day-laborer advocate with the Voz Workers’ Rights Edu...
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Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace was a World War I veteran and independent political candidate in Portland, Oregon. A November...
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Maher Mofeid Hawash
Maher Mofeid Hawash was arrested on March 20, 2003.
Maher Mofeid “Mike” Hawash was an Intel employee detained...
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Ralph Stevenson
Ralph Stevenson was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on June 18, 1969 during the wave of arrests in the Albina Bl...
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Thomas Tripp
Thomas Tripp was one of the Children of the River, three prisoners involved in the February 2001 takeover of a...
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Davis Stone
Released
Davis Stone was arrested in Ashland, Oregon, on April 12, 2003 after burning an American flag at an antiwar ra...
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Shant Singh Ahuja
Released
Shant Singh Ahuja was accused of destroying a closed-circuit camera on July 4, 2020.
On July 4, 2020 Shant Si...
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Greta Akin
Greta Akin is named in Page 4’s Portland correspondence among an Albina relief-station committee facing arrest...
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Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson was arrested in connection with the Jansen Knitting Mill fire, according to The Militant.
The...
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Jairin Anzaldua-Ervin
Released
Jairin Anzaldua-Ervin was taken into custody during an October 4, 2025 protest outside the South Portland ICE...
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Donald Austin
Released
Donald Austin was a striking seaman prosecuted under Oregon's criminal-syndicalism law during the crackdown su...
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Kenneth Austin
Released
Kenneth Austin was prosecuted under Oregon’s criminal-syndicalism law during the crackdown surrounding the 193...
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Rick Ball
Released
Rick Ball was an organizer for Service Employees International Union Local 49 in Portland, Oregon. During the...
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Jeffrey Battle
Jeffrey Battle was named among the Portland defendants in John S. Pistole’s April 14, 2004 FBI statement. The...
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Andrew James Beason
Released
Andrew James Beason was arrested during a June 18, 2025 protest against immigration enforcement outside the IC...
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J. M. Beck
Released
J. M. Beck was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions a...
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Mike Bencheff
Mike Bencheff is individually listed in the January 1931 Labor Defender political-prisoner directory under Mul...
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Samuel Tate Berry
Released
Samuel Tate Berry was arrested on June 18, 2025 during a protest outside the South Portland ICE office after f...
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Ahmed Bilal
Ahmed Bilal was named among the Portland defendants in John S. Pistole’s April 14, 2004 FBI statement. The gro...
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Alexander Jay Boyce
Released
Alexander Jay Boyce was arrested during an October 5, 2025 protest outside the South Portland ICE office after...
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Arthur Brown
Arthur was arrested during the September 9, 1930 raid on Portland’s Workers Center.
The Portland report said...
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Ginovanni Brumbelow
Released
Ginovanni Joseph Brumbelow is an activist from Gresham, Oregon. On June 14, 2025 — No Kings Day, chosen to coi...
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Floyd Burgess
Floyd Burgess was arrested in 1934.
The July 23 Western Worker prints a July 14 Portland report identifying F...
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