This week I talk to writer, activist, and formerly incarcerated Texan Jennifer Toon. We chat about mental health, conditions in prisons, and the differences in treatment between men and women's prisons.

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About Jennifer

"So a little about me, I am the Mental Health Peer Policy Fellow at the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, and I focus on school discipline (making sure kids aren't punished for mental health crisis, or manifestations of a disability) and mental health and intellectual developmental disabilities intersection, and basically anything related to criminal justice reform in these areas.

I am also a member of the Statewide Leadership Council, a group of formerly incarcerated advocates who work on policies and legislation that would help those who are system impacted.

And, I am a freelance writer. I love writing about my almost 20 years of incarceration, in hopes that it transforms societal ideas about those who have been in prison. I will include some links!"

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/08/22/mourning-a-stranger-s-suicide-in-prison

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/09/texas-prison-coronavirus-pandemic

https://thetylerloop.com/tag/jennifer-toon/

Jennifer's Youtube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuONTULRcOq4xQ723K544Qg

Study series we referenced-https://www.npr.org/series/658256040/discipline-and-women-in-prison

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