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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.
Ed Mead
Released
Ed Mead was the principal theorist of the George Jackson Brigade, a Seattle-based militant prison-solidarity f...
W. E. Mead
Released
W. E. Mead was from Seattle, Washington. W. E. Mead was sentenced to five years in prison, which he served in...
Tyre Wayne Means Jr.
Released
Tyre Wayne Means Jr. was federally prosecuted for setting fire to a Seattle Police Department patrol car and t...
James Franklin Melton
Released
James Franklin Melton was beginning to serve a prison sentence on December 10, 1918, in McNeil Island Penitent...
Chris Mensalvas
Released
Chris Mensalvas (also spelled Mensalvos) was a Filipino American labor leader and poet who in 1949 was elected...
Carl Miller
Released
Carl Miller was a Seattle SNCC organizer jailed after the Franklin High School protest. His conviction was lat...
Harold Miller
Released
Harold Miller was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Sid Mills
Released
Sid Mills was a wounded Vietnam veteran who publicly refused further military service in October 1968.
Claren...
John Mitchell
Released
John Mitchell was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Christopher Monfort
Released
Christopher Monfort shot and killed Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton on October 31, 2009, in attacks he...
Jeff Monson
Released
Jeff Monson was arrested on January 30, 2009.
Former UFC heavyweight title challenger and self-identified ana...
Justin Christopher Moore
Released
Justin Christopher Moore was arrested on December 9, 2021.
On September 7, 2020 during a racial justice prote...
William Moran
Released
William Moran was a seaman from Spokane, Washington. William Moran was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chic...
James Mulrooney
Released
James Mulrooney was a laborer from Seattle, Washington. James Mulrooney was convicted at the mass IWW trial in...
George Murphy
Released
George Murphy was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Frank Nash
Released
Frank Nash was a member of the IWW. Frank Nash received a five-year prison sentence for violating the state's...
Malachi O'Neill
Released
Malachi O'Neill was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail an...
Katherine Olejnik
Released
Katherine “KteeO” Olejnik was jailed for civil contempt after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury...
Jack Paterson
Released
Jack Paterson was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
William J. Pennock
Released
William J. Pennock was a Seattle attorney, Communist Party organizer, and former Washington state legislator....
Harston Peters
Released
Harston Peters was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Terry Pettus
Released
Terry Pettus was editor of the People’s World and one of the Seattle Smith Act defendants arrested on Septembe...
Maddy Pfeiffer
Released
Maddy Pfeiffer was one of the Pacific Northwest grand-jury resisters. After refusing to answer questions befor...
Lacey Phillabaum
Released
Lacey Phillabaum was arrested on May 1, 2006.
Member of the Earth Liberation Front "The Family" cell — the Pa...
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