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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 Washington.

413Documented
1In custody
332Released
1Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Washington

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

1910s 158 1970s 38 2000s 28 1960s 28 2020s 27 1980s 25

Recent dashboard entries from Washington

The newest published events and reporting located in Washington, updated automatically from the live dashboard.

Other

Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home

Washington, D.C. · Associated Press
Other

White House excludes Politico from Air Force One press pool

Washington, D.C. · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Pro-Data Center Party Interrupted by Protesters in DC

PubKey, Washington, DC · Newsweek
Other

White House excludes CNN from Air Force One press pool for presidential trips

Washington, DC · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down

Kennedy Center, Washington, DC · PBS NewsHour
Other

CNN, MS NOW and Politico barred from White House access; outlets challenge the ban

White House, Washington, DC · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Protesters hit Hagerstown to protest major data center proposed for city

Washington County Commissioners, Hagerstown, MD · LocalNews1
Arrest

He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested.

U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court, Washington, DC · The Washington Post
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Documented cases

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

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Shane Green
Shane Green is identified in the May 18, 1979 Revolutionary Worker and Carl Harp as two of three Walla Walla p...
B
Bill Green
Released
Bill Green was jailed during Seattle Panther newspaper sales in September 1970.
G
George Greenwald
Released
George Greenwald was jailed following the July 1984 blockade of the White Train carrying nuclear weapons at Ba...
A
A. Gross
Released
A. Gross was an IWW member in Centralia, Washington. A. Gross was sentenced to twenty-eight months in prison....
F
Fritz Arnold Hardekopf
Fritz Arnold Hardekopf was individually listed in custody at US Forest Service, Sullivan Lake, Metaline Falls,...
A
Armin Von Harder
Released
Armin Von Harder was sentenced to three years in prison and served his sentence at McNeil Island Penitentiary...
C
Curtiss Ray Harris
Released
Curtiss Ray Harris was a co-captain of Seattle’s Black Panther Party. Police arrested him and Aaron Dixon duri...
R
Romeo Hartinger
Romeo Hartinger was individually listed in custody at US Forest Service, Sullivan Lake, Metaline Falls, Washin...
F
Frank Hestings
Released
Frank Hestings was sentenced to four to ten years under Washington State's criminal syndicalism law, the prose...
E
Elaine Hickman
Elaine Hickman was arrested during a 2012 antinuclear blockade outside Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington.
F
Fred Hinz
Fred Hinz was individually listed in custody at US Forest Service, Sullivan Lake, Metaline Falls, Washington,...
R
R. R. Hoffman
Released
R. R. Hoffman was sentenced to three years in prison. He served in McNeil Island Penitentiary.
E
E. F. Hollingsworth
Released
E. F. Hollingsworth was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jai...
F
Fritz Arthur Holm
In Exile
Fritz Arthur Holm was a Swedish labor activist and treasurer of the Scandinavian Defense League. US immigratio...
F
Frank J. Howenstine
Released
Frank J. Howenstine was given a sentence of ten years in prison, which was commuted to three. He served in McN...
C
Cody Ingram
Released
Cody Ingram was prosecuted for damage to the William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse during Seattle’s May 1, 20...
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Lewis Thomas Jackson
Lewis Thomas Jackson was a Seattle Black Panther convicted with Willie Brazier Jr. in the 1969 Fidelity Mutual...
S
Susan James
Susan James served sixteen days in jail in July 1984 after refusing a fine or community service for a peace pr...
T
Thomas Jameson
Released
Thomas Jameson appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dra...
J
James Johnson
Released
James Johnson was arrested in Seattle on September 29, 1916, as Everett authorities attempted to build an arso...
C
Carl Kaletsch
Carl Kaletsch was individually listed in custody at US Forest Service, Sullivan Lake, Metaline Falls, Washingt...
J
John Kangas
Released
John Kangas appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...
A
Anton Karachun
Released
Anton Karachun was a Russian-born United States Army soldier sent to Siberia with the 31st Infantry during the...
T
Tom Karlin
Released
Tom Karlin was an anti-nuclear activist jailed following a protest at the Bangor Trident base. His oral histor...

Institutions in Washington

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

Snohomish County JailEverett, Washington
75 cases
McNeil Island Federal PenitentiarySteilacoom, Washington
67 cases
USP McNeil IslandSteilacoom, Washington
43 cases
Washington State PenitentiaryWalla Walla, Washington
13 cases
SeaTac Federal Detention CenterSeaTac, Washington
10 cases
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla / U.S. District Court, W.D. WashingtonWalla Walla, Washington
8 cases
US Forest Service, Sullivan LakeMetaline Falls, Washington
7 cases
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla WallaWalla Walla, Washington
5 cases
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