Jennifer Toon

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Jennifer Toon is a criminal justice and mental health advocate working at the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities. As a freelance writer, she has published in The Guardian, The Marshall Project, and The Tyler Loop.

Articles by Jennifer Toon

Invisible Scars

For women inside prison, the fight for survival is less physical than psychological.

by Jennifer Toon

Inmates return from lunch at the Bryan federal prison camp Thursday, April 1, 2004, in Bryan, Texas. The minimum security women's facility is where Lea Fastow, the wife of former Enron Corp. finance chief Andrew Fastow, who pleaded guilty in January to a tax crime for helping her husband hide illicit income from one of his many shady deals, is likely to serve her time. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

I Left My Friends in Prison in a Pandemic. Here’s What It’s Like For Them.

I receive phone calls from distraught friends inside complaining of unbearable heat, uncontrollable outbreaks, and paltry diets.

by Jennifer Toon

Having My Period in Prison Was Awful. In Texas, That May Finally Change.

When I was locked up, I often had to go without tampons or pads. A new law ensures that the 12,500 women still behind bars won’t have to.

by Jennifer Toon