We're back! In this episode we discuss mental illness and the criminal legal system. We go all over the place in this episode, so buckle up and try to keep an open mind. Trigger warnings: We discuss violence, terrorrism, racism, and policing. 

 

Sources: 

https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key-issues/criminalization-of-mental-illness/2976-people-with-untreated-mental-illness-16-times-more-likely-to-be-killed-by-law-enforcement-

 

https://theintercept.com/2015/02/26/fbi-manufacture-plots-terrorism-isis-grave-threats/

 

https://citationsneeded.medium.com/episode-31-fake-isis-plots-and-the-selling-of-forever-war-141e7e6dbf25

 

 

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/what-is-mental-illness

 

https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/Policy-Priorities/Divert-from-Justice-Involvement/Jailing-People-with-Mental-Illness

 

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/state-mental-health-america

 

https://www.healio.com/news/psychiatry/20201016/most-police-officers-never-seek-mental-health-care-despite-apparent-need

 

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/1/e001720

 

https://kutv.com/news/local/40-of-police-officer-families-experience-domestic-violence-study-says

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-officers-who-hit-their-wives-or-girlfriends/380329/

 

https://www.justsecurity.org/72339/qanon-is-a-nazi-cult-rebranded/

 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gFTZEYaWNpB4XbdHrZ4RS?si=_o_O0XwOTQ291Wl0c2bDdA

 

 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TdD48FpK2hh5HjYkS2nu6?si=xtTb3_qbQJqVtlcz73Ib0A