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Sin by Silence

2009

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8.1/10

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SIN BY SILENCE brings the outside world into the California Institution for Women and introduces a group of women who were convicted of murdering their abusive husbands. While these women have been incarcerated for at least two decades, they have been living in their own prison for most of their lives. They were led to believe that they must be silent about their abuse, but they could only take it for so long. Â“Silence is a killer,Â” one of the inmates confessed.

In 1989, Convicted Women Against Abuse was created by inmate Brenda Clubine to help abused women speak out and realize they are not alone. Over the past two decades, the women of CWAA have changed laws for battered women and raised awareness for those on the outside.

SIN BY SILENCE is an emotionally packed domestic violence documentary that tells the personal and shocking stories of these strong women who have learned from their past and are changing their future.

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From behind prison walls, SIN BY SILENCE reveals the lives of extraordinary women who advocate for a future free from domestic violence. Inside the California Institution for Women, the firs... Read allFrom behind prison walls, SIN BY SILENCE reveals the lives of extraordinary women who advocate for a future free from domestic violence. Inside the California Institution for Women, the first inmate-initiated and led group in the U.S. prison system, shatters the misconceptions of... Read allFrom behind prison walls, SIN BY SILENCE reveals the lives of extraordinary women who advocate for a future free from domestic violence. Inside the California Institution for Women, the first inmate-initiated and led group in the U.S. prison system, shatters the misconceptions of domestic violence. Against the system and against the odds, the women of Convicted Women ... Read all