Resources

Our Resources pages are currently under construction. Please call the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women for additional information.

Featured Resources

Issues to Consider When Facilitating Groups with Battered Women in Jail or Prison

This 59-page resource explores issues advocates should consider when facilitating (or thinking of facilitating) a group with battered women in jail or prison. In particular, it addresses the realities of working inside of correctional facilities and with incarcerated women, and the importance of understanding and considering these challenges when developing and/or running groups within prisons or jails.

While it is not a curriculum, it does explore potential topics to address in groups (particularly groups meeting in prison), such as healing tools and strategies, grief and guilt, domestic violence that is happening within the prison, and preparing and supporting survivors who are about to be released.

Click here to download the table of contents.
Click here to download a PDF version of the resource.

Working with Battered Women in Jail: A Manual for Community-Based Battered Women's Advocates. This 74-page manual is written for community-based battered women's advocates who are interested in working with or are already working with battered women in jail.

Click here to download a PDF version of the manual.

A limited number of printed, bound copies of the manual are available. Contact the National Clearinghouse at 800/903-0111, ext. 3 to order one.

 

If, in the course of your work, you come in contact with

• a battered woman charged with a crime and/or
• a battered woman in jail or prison

please call the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women for case-specific technical assistance.

The National Clearinghouse provides information and assistance to:

• criminal defense attorneys;
• community-based battered women's advocates;
• expert witnesses who focus on battering and its effects;
• other defense team members;
• and many others.

The National Clearinghouse works with battered women who have

• defended themselves against their abuser and been charged with assault or homicide;
• been coerced into criminal activity;
• been charged with a crime as a result of "failing to protect" their children from their batterer's violence and/or abuse;
• fled with their child(ren) to protect themselves and/or their children and been charged with parental kidnapping or custodial interference;
• been charged with a crime directly related to battering.

The women we assist might be facing trial or considering a plea, going through a trial, waiting to be sentenced, or their case might be on appeal.

The staff of the National Clearinghouse, which includes four full-time staff members and two part-time legal consultants, will work with you to assess the situation and determine which of our resources might be most helpful.

You can reach us by calling 800/903-0111, ext. 3, or 215/351-0010.