Founded in 1989, Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) was initiated and led by incarcerated survivors of gender-based violence imprisoned at the

California Institution for Women California Institution for Women (CIW) is an American women's state prison located in the city of Chino, San Bernardino County, California, east of Los Angeles, although the mailing address states " Corona," which is in Riverside County, Calif ...

(CIW) in

Chino, CA Chino ( ; Spanish for "Curly") is a city in the western end of San Bernardino County, California, United States, with Los Angeles County to its west and Orange County to its south in the Southern California region. Chino's surroundings have ...

. This group supports incarcerated survivors to share their experiences of

victimization Victimisation ( or victimization) is the state or process of being victimised or becoming a victim. The field that studies the process, rates, incidence, effects, and prevalence of victimisation is called victimology. Peer victimisation Peer ...

, collectively strategize with respect to their legal cases, and organize for freedom.

External links

Official Sin by Silence website

California Coalition for Women Prisoners
Domestic violence-related organizations in the United States Organizations based in California {{US-org-stub