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This week we start a series of conversations with Texas Attorney Ken Good about bail bonds and the criminal justice system. We ask if we need bonds and what parts of the criminal justice system we need or think work well . Today we introduce Ken and discuss what bail bonds are and some of the different varieties of bonds.

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00:00 - About The Shakedown
00:40 - Who is Ken Good?
03:26 - Ken Good on why we need cash bonds
07:26 - What are jail bonds and what are the different types?
10:30 - Does decriminilization reduce crime?
15:40 - What does ken Good see as a perfect criminal justice system?
17:21 - What are the penalties for PR bonds?

We look at ways to improve prisons and mental healthcare with Heather of the Hot Mess Espresso podcast. We discuss the tactics that individuals can do to help ensure everyone can get help instead of end up in jails and prisons.

988 Crisis Line: https://988lifeline.org/

Heather and the Hot Mess Espresso podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hotmess.espresso
The Hot Mess Espresso Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@hotmessespresso
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Malone on IG: @they_call_me_malone
Dave on IG: @sociallydistorted1
00:00 - What is The Shakedown?
00:40 - What can people do to improve the mental health system?
03:16 - What is the importance of personal attitude and local candidates?
09:21 - What if the people in power won't listen?
16:48 - What to do when you experience a personal crisis

We continue our discussion of mental healthcare in prisons with Heather of the Hot Mess Espresso podcast. We discuss the availability of mental healthcare in prisons, each of our personal experiences, what it takes to get healthcare, and what healthcare actually looks like for an inmate.

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The Hot Mess Espresso Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@hotmessespresso
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Malone on IG: @they_call_me_malone
Dave on IG: @sociallydistorted1
00:00 - Start
00:40 - What was the access to mental healthcare in prison?
02:01 - Mental Healthcare in Texas Prisons in the '90s
05:04 - Who provides healthcare in prisons?
07:09 - How do we affect change in mental healthcare?
07:58 - The stigma associated with a borderline diagnosis
11:23 - Practical ways to affect real world changes for mental healthcare
14:52 - What are Civil Commitments?
16:27 - Treating vs. Medicating in prison
17:53 - Medications vs. Therapy
21:30 - How Prison Psychiatrists Work

Heather of the Hot Mess Espresso podcast joins The Shakedown to discuss Mental Health and Criminal Justice. We get into addiction, toxic masculinity, coping strategies, and even...Ben David?

Heather and the Hot Mess Espresso podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hotmess.espresso
The Hot Mess Espresso Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@hotmessespresso
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https://tr.ee/QiSv9zWB8P
About the Colorado Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation:
https://www.cedarcolorado.org/


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Malone on IG: @they_call_me_malone
Dave on IG: @sociallydistorted1
00:00 - About The Shakedown
01:02 - Meet Heather and the Hot Mess Espresso
01:53 - Mental Health and Incarceration
04:04 - Lightbulb's Story
05:32 - Mental Health and Recidivism
07:09 - Asking for help with mental health issues
09:27 - The cost of living and mental health
10:08 - Mental health "services" in prison
13:07 - The advantages of addiction treatment
17:48 - Mentally being prepared for release from prison
20:04 - More about addiction

Rainforest asks the question, "What does it REALLY mean to make an appeal?" We discuss what that means inside and outside of prison and what it means for those with and without money. We also get into the idea of culpability and how that ties into harsher sentencing for youth offenders. We finish the episode by asking Malone, "What does Starbucks taste like after 30 years in prison?"

Crime Statistics from 1960's-2001 from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Crime_rates_per_capita_1970-2001,_GAO_Chart.png


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Malone on IG: @they_call_me_malone
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00:00 - Introduction to The Shakedown
01:02 - An awkward opening...
01:59 - How do appeals work?
04:45 - Trying to legally kill someone...twice?
06:50 - Our feelings on vengeance and criminal justice
08:44 - How do appeals work...when you don't have money
12:10 - The culpability of youth offenders
16:32 - Increased sentencing for juveniles
20:08 - What you get released from prison with
21:39 - What it was like for Malone getting released after 30 years

Dave and Rainforest continue to discuss cellies (cellmates). In this episode, "house mice", what can get you a solitary cell and what that looks like, suicide watch, the politics required for having a cellie, and the type of people who take the job as prison officer.

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Malone on IG: @they_call_me_malone
Dave on IG: @sociallydistorted1
00:00 - The Shakedown is Back!
00:48 - Our Patreon Page!
01:13 - About The Shakedown
02:15 - More bad cellies!
03:24 - The Importance of Privacy
05:18 - House Mouses (Cellies who never leave)
09:26 - How to deal with cellmates
10:40 - Getting Punished Because of Your Cellie
11:21 - The dangers of politics in prison
13:17 - What will get you G5'ed or sent to solitary?
16:53 - What is the real danger of solitary confinement?
18:40 - What suicide watch looks like in prison
22:14 - Philemon's Story
25:20 - What it's like getting gassed
27:02 - What it takes to get gassed
27:41 - Who becomes a prison officer?