I was in shackles.

I walked in and I tell the cops, I'm like, hey, don't put me in there with her.

She had called me one day and told me she was sleeping with the guy I'd been with for nine years.

What do you think are the most important rules for surviving in a woman's prison?

Go get a girlfriend so she can protect you.

Tanya Higden never imagined trauma from her childhood would lead to addiction, prison time, and a relationship

behind bars. But that's exactly what happened. Tanya, welcome to locked in. Thanks so much for

come on the show today. Yes, thank you for inviting us. Yeah, this is your first ever podcast,

right? Yes. And you and Angela came together, and I'm interviewing her after you. Yes. From Florida? Yes. That's exciting. Yes. I left the warm weather to come to the cold. Yes. I'm totally a Florida girl and love my flip flops. Well, no flip flops out today. You can wear those today. And you guys are spent a couple days in the city? Yes. That's great. After we leave here. That's great. And thanks for supporting us on Facebook. We've been Facebook friends for a while now. You've got to tell everyone about that shirt you just posted. Oh. That was hilarious. Yes. So I got a shirt from Spencer's. It says, tell your dad. I said hi. And I posted it with just a little funny saying, and it's got like 514,000 views right now.

Yeah, I saw it the other day.

It was hilarious.

I posted another one this morning that's got a lot, too.

Do you have inquiries or like people slide?

I don't really date.

Like, I've been dating the same guy for like a year, and I just never get out. I don't really date. Like I've been dating the same guy for like a year.

And I just never get out. I don't go out much. So, you know, I get a lot of messages, but I'd never answer them. You know, unless they, most of the time they live far away. There's nothing wrong with being a homebody. Yes. I'm a big home body now. We've been cooking at home a lot and just, you know, taking it easy, not going out as much and stuff. And it's nice. Well, it's easy when you got a girlfriend. That is true. But Matt doesn't have a girlfriend. He's, you know, we're like the three amigos. Yeah. Because we all live together. It's really fun, you know, like you're doing life with your best friends and stuff. How long have you known him?

I've known Matt, so that like the the plot behind Maddie Ice is that when I own the club years ago, he got kicked out of it one night and I had

to let him back in twice. He got kicked out twice at the same night. So I got him back in

and we've been friends ever since I was in like

2014 and then I called him randomly when I was in prison and then we lived together during

COVID for like a year. And then we lived together now since last year. But he really like stepped up to

the plate when I went away from Mr. Beast to run all my social media.

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