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  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