On The Recyard Women's Prison Podcast

Medical Neglect in Jail: Why Tylenol Isn’t Healthcare

In this episode, we revisit a conversation that began with Tylenol and turned into something much deeper. Behind bars, acetaminophen often becomes the default response to serious medical concerns. Instead of diagnostic testing, specialist referrals, or trauma informed care, many incarcerated women are handed over the counter medication and sent back to their bunks. We share our lived experiences with medical neglect inside jail and prison, and we explore how these patterns contribute to widespread medical mistrust far beyond the walls. This episode looks at the intersection of incarceration, women’s health, politicized medical narratives, and the long term consequences of systems that fail to provide adequate care. Because when healthcare becomes minimal, dismissive, or inaccessible, mistrust is not irrational. It’s learned. About The Hosts: Marci Marie is a formerly incarcerated storyteller, organizer, and media creator with a decade of lived experience inside Texas women’s prisons. She serves as Director of Communications at Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, and as the Social & Digital Media Coordinator with FICPFM, where she leads narrative strategy rooted in lived experience. Marci brings sharp analysis, personal truth, and a women centered lens to conversations about incarceration, mental health, policy, and current events. Jennifer “Toonche” Toon is a formerly incarcerated advocate and the Executive Director and co founder of Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance. Her involvement with the criminal legal system began at age 15 under Texas determinate sentencing laws, resulting in 27 years of system involvement. Toonche brings deep policy insight, lived experience, and narrative power shaped by her work in advocacy, media, and justice reform. Follow Marci Marie: https://linktr.ee/marcimarie114 [https://linktr.ee/marcimarie114] Follow Toonche: https://www.facebook.com/jennifercharlene.toon.5 [https://www.facebook.com/jennifercharlene.toon.5] Keywords: women’s prison podcast, formerly incarcerated women, Texas prisons, incarceration and current events, lived experience commentary, prison policy, mental health and incarceration, narrative change, women impacted by incarceration, prison healthcare, jail medical neglect, women in prison, medical mistrust, correctional healthcare, acetaminophen controversy, women’s health in jail, prison reform, incarceration and health, criminal justice podcast, lived experience prison, Texas prisons, jail healthcare crisis

Are We in a Different Timeline? The Mandela Effect Conversation

In this episode, Marci Marie and Toonche dive into timeline jumping and the Mandela Effect, the phenomenon where large groups of people remember events differently than recorded history. Is it psychology? Quantum theory? Collective consciousness? Or just flawed memory? We explore why so many people feel like reality has shifted, how narratives shape what we believe, and what it means when your memory doesn’t match the “official” version of events. If you’ve ever questioned your own memory or felt like something changed overnight, this conversation will hit home. Marci Marie is a formerly incarcerated storyteller, organizer, and media creator with a decade of lived experience inside Texas women’s prisons. She serves as Director of Communications at Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, and as the Social & Digital Media Coordinator with FICPFM, where she leads narrative strategy rooted in lived experience. Marci brings sharp analysis, personal truth, and a women centered lens to conversations about incarceration, mental health, policy, and current events. Jennifer “Toonche” Toon is a formerly incarcerated advocate and the Executive Director and co founder of Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance. Her involvement with the criminal legal system began at age 15 under Texas determinate sentencing laws, resulting in 27 years of system involvement. Toonche brings deep policy insight, lived experience, and narrative power shaped by her work in advocacy, media, and justice reform. Keywords: women’s prison podcast, formerly incarcerated women, Texas prisons, incarceration and current events, lived experience commentary, prison policy, mental health and incarceration, narrative change, women impacted by incarceration Mandela Effect timeline jumping quantum theory parallel universes collective memory false memory reality shift alternate timelines collective consciousness misremembered history pop culture Mandela Effect quantum physics explained timeline theory reality perception memory psychology simulation theory mass psychology conspiracy theories perception vs reality On The Recyard podcast

Taking a Plea Deal When You're Innocent!

Nearly 90 to 97 percent of criminal cases in the United States end in plea bargains. Most people never get a trial. In this episode of On The Recyard Women’s Prison Podcast, Marci Marie Simmons and Jennifer Toon break down how plea deals really work, why prosecutors rely on them, and how the “trial penalty” pressures people into pleading guilty. We talk about: • Why going to trial can mean risking decades more time • How mandatory minimums create leverage • The role of overworked public defenders • Why the system could not function if everyone demanded a trial • How innocent people end up taking plea deals From lived experience inside women’s prisons to policy realities, this episode exposes how plea bargaining drives mass incarceration and raises serious questions about coercion, fairness, and justice. If you have ever wondered why someone “just took a deal,” this episode explains what headlines leave out. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations about incarceration, criminal justice reform, and current events through the lens of lived experience About the hosts: Marci Marie is a formerly incarcerated storyteller, organizer, and media creator with a decade of lived experience inside Texas women’s prisons. She serves as Director of Communications at Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, and as the Social & Digital Media Coordinator with FICPFM, where she leads narrative strategy rooted in lived experience. Marci brings sharp analysis, personal truth, and a women centered lens to conversations about incarceration, mental health, policy, and current events. Jennifer “Toonche” Toon is a formerly incarcerated advocate and the Executive Director and co founder of Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance. Her involvement with the criminal legal system began at age 15 under Texas determinate sentencing laws, resulting in 27 years of system involvement. Toonche brings deep policy insight, lived experience, and narrative power shaped by her work in advocacy, media, and justice reform. Follow Marci Marie: www.marcimarie.com [www.marcimarie.com] Follow Toonche: Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=jennifer%20charlene%20toon] Keywords: women’s prison podcast, formerly incarcerated women, Texas prisons, incarceration and current events, lived experience commentary, prison policy, mental health and incarceration, narrative change, women impacted by incarceration

Coded Injustice: Predictive Policing and AI in the Criminal Legal System

Predictive policing is already here and it is changing how people are targeted long before a crime ever happens. In this episode, Marci Marie and Toonche explore how artificial intelligence is being used throughout the criminal legal system, from policing and courts to jails and prisons. We break down predictive policing, biased algorithms, and the myth that technology is neutral. This conversation centers lived experience, accountability, and the real consequences of allowing AI to shape punishment in systems already built on inequality. If you care about civil rights, surveillance, or the future of criminal justice, this episode is a must listen. About the hosts: Marci Marie  ⁨@marcimarie114⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCwzWXFkhQ-Le2dgcIEPvncg] a formerly incarcerated storyteller, organizer, and media creator with a decade of lived experience inside Texas women’s prisons. She serves as Director of Communications at Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, and as the Social & Digital Media Coordinator with FICPFM, where she leads narrative strategy rooted in lived experience. Marci brings sharp analysis, personal truth, and a women centered lens to conversations about incarceration, mental health, policy, and current events. Jennifer “Toonche” Toon  ⁨@JenniferToon4⁩  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCuONTULRcOq4xQ723K544Qg] a formerly incarcerated advocate and the Executive Director and co founder of Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance. Her involvement with the criminal legal system began at age 15 under Texas determinate sentencing laws, resulting in 27 years of system involvement. Toonche brings deep policy insight, lived experience, and narrative power shaped by her work in advocacy, media, and justice reform.Keywords: women’s prison podcast, formerly incarcerated women, Texas prisons, incarceration and current events, lived experience commentary, prison policy, mental health and incarceration, narrative change, women impacted by incarceration Follow Marci Marie www.marcimarie.comFollow Toonche www.instagram.com/jennifertoon79/

How Media Teaches Us to Trust Police (Copaganda Explained)

In this episode of On The Recyard Women’s Prison Podcast, Marci Marie Toonche break down copaganda, the way media narratives shape public trust in police and protect policing institutions from accountability.From TV shows and news coverage to true crime and viral clips, copaganda teaches the public who to believe, whose stories matter, and whose harm gets minimized. In this conversation, Marci Marie and Toonche examine how police propaganda works, why it’s so effective, and how it directly impacts young people, marginalized communities, and those caught in the criminal legal system.Grounded in lived experience, media literacy, and years of organizing, this episode challenges the myths around “protect and serve,” explores interrogation tactics and police deception, and connects media storytelling to mass incarceration and systemic injustice. When policing narratives go unquestioned, the consequences don’t stay on the screen; they show up in interrogation rooms, courtrooms, and real lives.This episode is for anyone questioning what they’ve been taught about policing, authority, and truth and ready to look at how media helps maintain power.Subscribe to On The Recyard for conversations on incarceration, current events, and justice told through lived experience.Follow us:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheRecyardFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090806846031If this episode resonates, leave a comment or share it with someone who needs this conversation.About the hosts: @marcimarie114  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCwzWXFkhQ-Le2dgcIEPvncg] is a formerly incarcerated storyteller, organizer, and media creator with a decade of lived experience inside Texas women’s prisons. She serves as Director of Communications at Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, and as the Social & Digital Media Coordinator with FICPFM, where she leads narrative strategy rooted in lived experience. Marci brings sharp analysis, personal truth, and a women centered lens to conversations about incarceration, mental health, policy, and current events.You can learn more about her work here: https://www.marcimarie.comJennifer “Toonche” Toon is a formerly incarcerated advocate and the Executive Director and co founder of Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance. Her involvement with the criminal legal system began at age 15 under Texas determinate sentencing laws, resulting in 27 years of system involvement. Toonche brings deep policy insight, lived experience, and narrative power shaped by her work in advocacy, media, and justice reform.Follow Toonche on FB: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=jennifer%20charlene%20toonKeywords: copaganda, copaganda explained, police propaganda, media and policing, policing narratives, trust in police, police accountability, mass incarceration, criminal legal system, true crime criticism, media literacy, interrogation tactics, justice impacted voices, women and incarceration, formerly incarcerated, On The Recyard podcast, Marci Marie Simmons, Jennifer Toon