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Many incarcerated women report histories of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and intimate partner violence. This exploratory study examines baseline data from a sample of 167 women in 3 Western Australia women\u2019s prisons enrolled in a gender-specific violent behavior program. It describes their exposure to intimate partner violence, head injury, and childhood adversities. Overall, 94% of women had experienced at least one childhood adversity (median 6), and 94% reported being a victim of physical violence by a current or former intimate partner. Aboriginal women were more likely than non-Aboriginal women to report that a family member was incarcerated as a child (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.001). There was an association between an increased number of ACEs and head injury with a loss of consciousness (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.008). 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