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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.

280Documented
1In custody
270Released
2Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Washington

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

1910s 141 2000s 22 1950s 21 2020s 19 1970s 19 2010s 11

Documented cases

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

Lynne Greenwald
Released
Lynne Greenwald is a Pacific Northwest peace activist with the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action and th...
C. R. Griffin
Released
C. R. Griffin, a lumberjack from Bellingham, Washington, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicago, sente...
Ryan Harris
Released
Ryan Harris, age 41, of Olympia WA, Greenpeace 28 - September 2019 Houston Ship Channel bridge rappel.
Charles Hawkins
Released
Charles Hawkins was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
Charles Haywood
Released
Charles Haywood was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
Emil Herman
Released
Emil Herman served his sentence at McNeil Island Penitentiary from June 6, 1918, to December 24, 1921. He was...
Gordon Hirabayashi
Released
Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was a Japanese American student at the University of Washington and a Quaker who, i...
J. E. Houlihan.
Released
J. E. Houlihan. was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
Alfred Howard
Released
Alfred Howard was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Harvey Hubler
Released
Harvey Hubler was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Kelly Thomas Jackson
Released
Kelly Thomas Jackson, 20, was indicted in U.S. District Court on 2 counts of arson and 2 counts of possessing...
Oscar Johnson
Released
Oscar Johnson was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Victor Johnson
Released
Victor Johnson was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Alfredo Juarez
Awaiting Trial
Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez was stopped in his car while driving his partner to work on March 25, 2025. ICE agents f...
J. A. Kelly
Released
J. A. Kelly was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and ch...
John Lamb
Released
One of the eight IWW defendants tried at Montesano (Grays Harbor County), WA from January 26 to March 13, 1920...
Jack Leonard
Released
Jack Leonard was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and c...
Robert Leonard
Released
Robert Leonard was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Michael Lerner
Released
Michael Phillip Lerner was an American rabbi, political activist, and editor known for his leadership in progr...
Chief Leschi
Chief Leschi was a Nisqually leader who resisted Governor Isaac Stevens's coercive 1854 Treaty of Medicine Cre...
Jacob D. Little
Released
Jacob D. Little, 24, was charged September 10, 2020 with possession of a stolen firearm after stealing a Colt...
Harry Lloyd
Released
Harry Lloyd was branch secretary of the Lumber Workers Industrial Union, Local 500, in Seattle, Washington. He...
Pat Lyons
Released
Pat Lyons was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and char...
Herbert Mahler
Released
Herbert Mahler, secretary of the IWW General Defense Committee and treasurer of the Everett Defense Committee,...

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
63 cases
USP McNeil IslandSteilacoom, Washington
46 cases
Washington State PenitentiaryWalla Walla, Washington
10 cases
SeaTac Federal Detention CenterSeaTac, Washington
8 cases
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla / U.S. District Court, W.D. WashingtonWalla Walla, Washington
7 cases
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla WallaWalla Walla, Washington
5 cases
Washington State ReformatoryMonroe, Washington
5 cases