Write to the Women of CWAA
The Convicted Women Against Abuse need your support, encouragement and words of inspiration after hearing their stories in Sin by Silence. Also, if you are able to, include some stamps in your letter and make sure to write “stamps enclosed” on the envelope. Most inmates only make 10 cents per hour at their jobs, so stamps are greatly appreciated…and will help the women be able to write you back!
Glenda Virgil
CIW, W27823, MB138L
PO Box 8100
Corona, CA 92878-8100
Glenda Crosley
CIW, W29266, LA241L
PO Box 8100
Corona, CA 92878-8100
LaVelma Byrd
CIW, W54191, LA246L
PO Box 8100
Corona, CA 92878-8100
Joanne Marchetti
CIW, W36662, MB 122U
PO Box 8100
Corona, CA 92878-8100
Rosemary Dyer
CIW, W30483, MA08L
PO Box 8100
Corona, CA 92878-8100
Send a message to all the women of CWAA through the current Chairperson…
Caroyln Hamilton
CIW, W17752, MA18L
PO Box 8100
Corona, CA 92878-8100
Click here to download a printable PDF of all the survivor’s addresses.
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As the creator of Fighting Spirit Warriors, a fitness for self-defense program for girls and an award winning filmmaker I have always wanted to do a movie about women and domestic violence. This film is amazing and I applaud the women who fought back against their abusers and the justice system. I also applaud the director and producers who took the time to put their heart and soul, time and energey into producing such an important movie for all to see. Hopefully it will change the laws and how domestic violence victims are seen and treated.
I was a victim of child abuse. Physical, mental and sexual. When I married my husband promised to care for me and protect me and turned around and began to beat me. I never called the police. I knew better. So many years of being abused and told by my mother that I was a nobody. This made me believe that getting beat was just my destiny..Normal..My life. Thank God 1 day I said ENOUGH!!! I began Tye Kwan Do classes, kick boxing, became a volunteer with the sheriffs dept and that man had a black eye the next time he attempted to hit me. Thank God he protected me all of those years. I never hurt him enough to go to jail but I totally understand these women. God bless you and grant you all your freedom!
Sin by Silence team ~ you are all outstanding!! awesome!! beautiful!!
and i still can’t understand why is it taking sooo much time to set them free.
these women spent too much time in a jail and now since there is a new law you would think that system would be trilled to let them free in much faster way and take this as a priority. come on. really!! is this the best the system can do for these women? enough. they all need to go home. period. because, the system was wrong to put them in, in a first place and now then need to dig out old stuff to prove their innocence…how to expedite this all? can we put pressure for all women to get one trial, instead to wait one by one case to go through?? these ladies are not young and we cant wait any longer. set them free!! FREE.
love to you all!! great work everybody and anyone who has gone through abuse!!
be so proud of your self. you all are inspiring part of this beautiful society and the world!! <3
When I read of these women’s stories, the first thought that comes to mind is, “There for the grace of God go I.” I have walked in your shoes for a time, knowing my choice was to die or go to jail for protecting myself at one point. I was broke and had no where to go, not even a telephone at some points in the marriage. (mid 70s to mid 1980s) I wasn’t a person who felt the option was to grab my baby, and empty purse and run into the night, why should I? I never felt so helpless as the night he sat at over 215 pounds on my 115 chest rocking with his legs lifted as he crushed the breath out of my lungs. I felt my eyes bulging out of my head, that was followed by an attempt to break my neck. He left virtually no marks on me in spite of nearly killing me twice. That time, I had no telephone. Eventually in another city, I did call the police after he broke my nose. Once he realized I would not remain silent, he did back off to a degree. But, there were still death threats, a rape where I could only let him know what it was like to have sex with a limp corpse, while crushed under his weight. Based on his crimes, he should never have seen the light of day.
I have wondered what would happen if a man like this walked into the finest restaurant and attacked the mayor’s wife in her beautiful finery. If he threw her to the floor and raped her. Would he go to jail to stay? You bet!! What’s the difference? Is there some silent unwritten law that says the justice system in this country is allowed to give us NO justice, NO protection because we had an intimate relationship with these men?? Assault is assault, rape is rape. Where is it written that we don’t deserve justice because we loved the wrong person? This country is prone to criticize the mid east for their treatment of women. Yet here, women who choose to live and protect themselves loose all freedoms for the rest of their natural youth. Something is terribly wrong here in the US, maybe worldwide. It needs to be FIXED yesterday, or really many many decades ago.
A cop will shoot a man holding a butter knife to protect his life. Why are we who bring all the children in the world into being not allowed more than two choices. JAIL or DYING in agony?