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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

Documented cases

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

A
Andrew Lee Wyatt Marcum
Released
Andrew Lee Wyatt Marcum was arrested during the July 4, 2025 protest outside the South Portland ICE office aft...
S
Stephen Philip Marshall
Stephen Philip Marshall was held in Washington County custody in spring 2005, according to Green Anarchy. Gre...
T
Theodore Adriaan Matthee-O'Brien
Released
Theodore Adriaan Matthee-O'Brien was charged with assaulting a federal officer on July 5, 2020 during ongoing...
B
Brandon Mayfield
Brandon Mayfield was arrested on May 6, 2004. Oregon attorney Brandon Mayfield was detained as a material wit...
I
Ian Joseph McCarthy
Released
Ian Joseph McCarthy was arrested during the July 4, 2025 protest outside the South Portland ICE office after f...
B
Brian McCarvill
Brian McCarvill was an Oregon State Penitentiary prisoner challenging censorship of anarchist symbols in priso...
E
Eli Victor McKenzie
Released
Eli Victor McKenzie was arrested during an anti-ICE protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bu...
R
Rowan McManigal
Released
Rowan McManigal was sentenced April 15, 2022 to 3 years probation under a guilty plea for possession of a hoax...
E
E. Millson
E. Millson is individually listed in the January 1931 Labor Defender political-prisoner directory under Multno...
M
Manly Mitchell
Released
Manly Mitchell was prosecuted under Oregon’s criminal-syndicalism law during the crackdown surrounding the 193...
D
Devin P. Montgomery
Released
Devin P. Montgomery was arrested on September 4, 2025 during ongoing anti-ICE protest activity outside the ICE...
E
Edward H. Mull
Released
Edward H. Mull was a conscientious objector from Oregon imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
E
Elinor Myrick
Elinor Myrick was arrested alongside her sister, according to The Militant. The Militant individually names s...
L
Linda Myrick
Linda Myrick was arrested alongside her sister, according to The Militant. The Militant individually names si...
P
Pete Nales
Pete was arrested during the September 9, 1930 raid on Portland’s Workers Center. The Portland report said po...
E
Englebert Nilson
Englebert Nilson was named as one of the last two deportees in the Portland Communist-repression cases of 1930...
S
Steve Okinich
Steve Okinich is individually listed in the January 1931 Labor Defender political-prisoner directory under Mul...
R
Rowan M. Olsen
Released
Rowan M. Olsen, 19, interfered with FPS and U.S. Marshals at protests around the Hatfield Federal Courthouse i...
T
Theodore Olson
Released
Theodore Olson was from Portland, Oregon. Theodore Olson began serving a two-year prison sentence for "disloya...
A
Abe Ozaranski
Released
Abe Ozaranski was held in Multnomah County Jail on criminal-syndicalism charges during the Portland prosecutio...
A
Abe Ozeranski
Released
Abe Ozeranski was a worker from Seattle arrested in Portland’s Plaza Square on November 2, 1930, while selling...
J
Joseph O’Brien
Released
Joseph O’Brien was arrested in the 1935 Linnton Standard Oil bombing prosecution during the tanker strike. The...
W
Will Parzybok
Released
Will Parzybok was charged May 3, 2024 with assaulting a public safety officer, unlawful use of a weapon, and i...
D
David Pearl
Released
David Pearl was taken into custody twice during June 2025 demonstrations at the South Portland ICE office. Fed...

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