SUPPORT AB 1593 - The Sin by Silence Bill

The Issue

Join California Assemblymember Fiona Ma to help bring justice for the incarcerated battered women of California.  

Over 7,000 women are imprisoned in California’s state prisons, the majority of whom are survivors of domestic violence. Several hundred women in California are serving time for killing their batterers and hundreds, if not thousands more, are serving time for domestic violence-related crimes.

Currently, when a domestic violence victim is questioned by the parole board on the crimes they committed, the victim often discusses the history of their victimization and their prior abuse. The Parole Board frequently considers this acknowledgement of victimization as “lack of insight” and denies his/her parole.

Sign the petition to show your support of AB 1593 that requires that the Parole Board give great weight to any information or evidence that proves the prisoner experienced intimate partner battering (IPB) and its effects at the time the crime was committed. This bill will also prohibit the Parole Board commissioners from using evidence of IPB as a basis for finding “lack of insight” and denying suitability.

** Lend your support to AB 593 to continue to help the incarcerated battered women of California!

Want to know the inspiration behind the name "Sin by Silence"?
Visit www.SinBySilence.com

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Sin by SilencePetition StarterInside the California Institution for Women, the first inmate initiated and led group in U.S. prison history, shatters the misconceptions of domestic violence. Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) was created in 1989 to help women inside prison break the silence about abuse and learn more about what they needed to do to help others stop the cycle of violence. Instead of fighting a system that does not fully comprehend the complexities of abuse, the women of CWAA led an initiative to help educate the system. Through careful orchestration of letter writing campaigns, media coverage, and senate hearings a movement was born and laws for battered women were changed. And for the founder of CWAA, the flicker of hope begins to grow as her possible freedom, after 26 years in prison, lies moments away.
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The Issue

Join California Assemblymember Fiona Ma to help bring justice for the incarcerated battered women of California.  

Over 7,000 women are imprisoned in California’s state prisons, the majority of whom are survivors of domestic violence. Several hundred women in California are serving time for killing their batterers and hundreds, if not thousands more, are serving time for domestic violence-related crimes.

Currently, when a domestic violence victim is questioned by the parole board on the crimes they committed, the victim often discusses the history of their victimization and their prior abuse. The Parole Board frequently considers this acknowledgement of victimization as “lack of insight” and denies his/her parole.

Sign the petition to show your support of AB 1593 that requires that the Parole Board give great weight to any information or evidence that proves the prisoner experienced intimate partner battering (IPB) and its effects at the time the crime was committed. This bill will also prohibit the Parole Board commissioners from using evidence of IPB as a basis for finding “lack of insight” and denying suitability.

** Lend your support to AB 593 to continue to help the incarcerated battered women of California!

Want to know the inspiration behind the name "Sin by Silence"?
Visit www.SinBySilence.com

avatar of the starter
Sin by SilencePetition StarterInside the California Institution for Women, the first inmate initiated and led group in U.S. prison history, shatters the misconceptions of domestic violence. Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) was created in 1989 to help women inside prison break the silence about abuse and learn more about what they needed to do to help others stop the cycle of violence. Instead of fighting a system that does not fully comprehend the complexities of abuse, the women of CWAA led an initiative to help educate the system. Through careful orchestration of letter writing campaigns, media coverage, and senate hearings a movement was born and laws for battered women were changed. And for the founder of CWAA, the flicker of hope begins to grow as her possible freedom, after 26 years in prison, lies moments away.
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Petition created on May 14, 2012