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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.
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Mike Burke
Mike Burke spent three days in jail after surrendering in June 1984 over an unpaid fine for anti-nuclear tresp...
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Gary Butler
Released
Gary was a Native American activist held in the Lincoln County jail in Newport, Oregon in the late 1970s in a...
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Joshua Ames Cartrette
Released
Joshua Ames Cartrette is an activist from Oregon City, Oregon. On June 14, 2025 — No Kings Day, chosen to coin...
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Angela Marie Cesario
Released
Angela Marie Cesario was convicted of conspiracy to commit arson at the Ross Island Sand & Gravel and Eagle Cr...
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Aziel Chambers
Released
Aziel Chambers was arrested during a June 24, 2025 protest against immigration enforcement outside the ICE off...
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Sydney Clifford
Released
Sydney Clifford was one of22 Greenpeace activists federally charged after the September12,2019 Fred Hartman Br...
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Don Cluster
Released
Don Cluster, also recorded as Donald Cluster, was a Young Communist League organizer arrested on July 27, 1934...
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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 R. Denny was an Oregon Communist prosecuted for helping conduct a July 27, 1934 protest meeting in Port...
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Alexander Gorman Dial
Released
Alexander Gorman Dial, indicted Sept 29, 2019 on felony riot, second-degree assault, third-degree assault, and...
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Federico Domingo
Federico Domingo was a Local 7 cannery-union member arrested in Portland during the February–March 1951 immigr...
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John Duehart
John Duehart was a Portland Black Panther whose arrest was reported by The Militant.
The Militant identifies...
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Catherine Elizabeth Esperanza
Released
Catherine Elizabeth Esperanza was arrested on May 1, 2026 during a protest against the Trump administration’s...
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Tom Evanoff
Tom Evanoff is individually listed in the January 1931 Labor Defender political-prisoner directory under Multn...
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Alfred Fattig
Released
Alfred Fattig was an Oregon pacifist raised in the Church of the Brethren. After registering for the World War...
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Charlie Fattig
Released
Charles “Charlie” Savannah Fattig was an Oregon pacifist raised in the Church of the Brethren. He and his youn...
A
Andrew Steven Faulkner
Released
Andrew Steven Faulkner, of Beaverton OR, charged July 6, 2020 with assaulting federal officers using high-inte...
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Christopher Fellini
Christopher Fellini was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on July 5, 2020, during protests near the Mark O. Hatfie...
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Alva A. “Al” Fisher
Released
Alva A. “Al” Fisher was a Pacific Northwest lumber worker and International Woodworkers of America leader pros...
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Tyshawn Ford
Released
Tyshawn was a Black Unity leader and Lane Community College student arrested at a peaceful Black Lives Matter...
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John J. Fougerouse
John J. Fougerouse was the Portland agent of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Association. The December 22, 1938...
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Riley Freeman
Released
Riley Freeman was arrested during the July 4, 2025 protest outside the South Portland ICE office after federal...
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Mike Genceff
Mike was arrested during the September 9, 1930 raid on Portland’s Workers Center.
The Portland report said po...
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Vasil Gosheff
Vasil Gosheff was arrested with Portland Communist Party unit secretary Lambo Mitseff in September, according...
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