Free Battered Women held its third annual Our Voices Within benefit on Sunday, October 24th, celebrating the lives, struggles, victories, hopes, and dreams of incarcerated survivors of domestic violence. The event took place at the San Francisco Women's Building. A silent auction items of artwork by incarcerated survivors was held in the afternoon, and the program was from 1:30 - 4:30pm. The event included testimony from survivors who were recently released from prison, poetry by Youth Speaks, and music from Samsara. Flyer Free Battered Women is a project of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners

Free Battered Women is still celebrating the fact that on September 17th, 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 1385 into law. It will go into effect on January 1, 2005. The bill expands the class of domestic violence survivors who are eligible for habeas relief. It also changes language about "Battered Women's Syndrome" to the more favored term "battering and its effects" (see below for more details about the bill). Read More