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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
Other
White House excludes Politico from Air Force One press pool
Protest
Pro-Data Center Party Interrupted by Protesters in DC
Other
White House excludes CNN from Air Force One press pool for presidential trips
Protest
Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down
Other
CNN, MS NOW and Politico barred from White House access; outlets challenge the ban
Protest
Protesters hit Hagerstown to protest major data center proposed for city
Arrest
He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested.
Documented cases
413 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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A. J. Partan
Released
A. J. Partan was the business manager of the Finnish newspaper Toveri in Astoria, Oregon. He was arrested on N...
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Morris Pass
Released
Morris Pass was the brother of Joseph Pass. An artist from Seattle, Washington, Morris Pass received a two-yea...
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C. F. Payne
Released
C. F. Payne was given a prison sentence for violating the state's criminal syndicalism law because he belonged...
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Rudolph Peterson
Released
Rudolph Peterson was a laborer from Yakima, Washington. Rudolph Peterson was sentenced to three years in priso...
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Edgecomb Pincho
Released
Edgecomb Pincho was sentenced to two years in prison, which he served in McNeil Island Penitentiary from Augus...
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Roman Pisito
Released
Roman Pisito was a Spokane member of ILWU Local 37 whom federal authorities targeted for revocation of citizen...
J
Jeffrey Porteous
Jeffrey Porteous refused to participate in the Vietnam War after entering the U.S. Army in 1967. His oral hist...
M
Michael D. Poulin
Released
Michael Devlyn Poulin was a military veteran and anti-war activist associated with Spokane, Washington. In Oct...
J
Joe Prudencio
Released
Joe Prudencio was a World War II veteran and militant rank-and-file member of the Filipino cannery workers’ un...
F
Frederick Rakevich
Released
Frederick Rakevich was individually named among four defendants at an August 12, 1983 hearing concerning refus...
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William Randall
Released
William Randall was the secretary of the IWW local in Tacoma, Washington. William Randall was sentenced to thr...
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Laurie Raymond
Released
Laurie Raymond was an anti-nuclear activist facing a separate August 3, 1976 trial over cutting a fence at the...
J
Jose Raymundo
Released
Jose Raymundo was a Portland member of the Filipino cannery workers’ union, later ILWU Local 37. Immigration a...
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Thomas F. Reed
Released
Thomas F. Reed was a conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Michael J. Reilly
Released
Michael J. Reilly was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail...
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W. M. Reivo
Released
W. M. Reivo was the editor of the Finnish newspaper Toveri in Astoria, Oregon. He was arrested on November 9,...
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Paul Douglas Revak
Released
Paul Douglas Revak, an anarchist, was arrested after attempting to purchase explosives from an undercover FBI...
B
Bryan Rivera
Bryan “Lefey” Rivera was remanded in 2008 over an alleged ELF-related property-damage action, distinct from th...
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Andrea Robbins
Released
Andrea Robbins is an Olympia anti-war organizer who also worked with the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Projec...
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Fred H. Robinson
Released
Fred H. Robinson was a conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed f...
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Alicia Rosenbaum
Released
Alicia Rosenbaum was a twenty-one-year-old stenographer. Alicia Rosenbaum was arrested with W. E. Spear and Ed...
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Ed Roth
Released
Ed Roth was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and charge...
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Leslie Roundtree
Leslie Roundtree served sixteen days in jail in July 1984 after refusing a fine or community service for a pea...
J
James Rowan
Released
James Rowan was the secretary-treasurer of the Lumber Workers Industrial Union, Local 500, from Spokane, Washi...
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