In this episode we interview Ami Kachalia from ACLU of New Jersey and Bren Pramanik from Disability Rights New Jersey about mental health laws in New Jersey.

Ami Kachalia: https://www.aclu-nj.org/en/biographies/ami-kachalia

Bren Pramanik: https://disabilityrightsnj.org/staff-of-drnj/

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2024/5/21/s3-new-jersey

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In this episode of Committable Concepts we talk about Assisted Outpatient Treatment, also known as AOT. AOT is a form of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment that leverages potentially traumatic consequences as a means of compelling a person to comply with a court order.

Episode Transcript:

sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable-conceptstranscripts/2024/5/13/committable-concepts-aot-transcript

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

Committable Concepts is a new series from the Committable podcast and with each episode of this series we are going to attempt to explain a concept related to the commitment process in three minutes or less.

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable-conceptstranscripts/2024/5/13/committable-concepts-teasertranscript

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In this episode we speak with journalist Isabelle Taft about mental health laws in Mississippi.

Isobelle Taft:

https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/04/mississippi-jail-mental-illness-commitment/

https://mississippitoday.org/2023/12/07/jailed-for-their-own-safety-14-mississippians-died-awaiting-mental-health-treatment/

https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/30/mississippi-main-dies-jail-mental-health/

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2024/3/21/s3-mississippi

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In this episode we speak with Jill Edwards and Melissa Keyes about mental health laws in Indiana.

Melissa Keyes: https://www.in.gov/idr/

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2024/3/14/s3-indiana

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In this episode we speak with attorneys Karen Barber and Jack McCullough about mental health laws in Vermont.

Karen Barber: https://mentalhealth.vermont.gov/

Jack McCullough: https://www.vtlegalaid.org/

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2024/3/13/s3-episode-22-vermont

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In this episode we speak with Leah Harris and Rafik Wahbi about the ongoing expansion of commitment laws in California.

Leah Harris: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/15/return-of-the-ugly-laws-in-the-name-of-modernization-the-newsom-administration-wants-to-disappear-unhoused-and-disabled-people-from-the-streets-rebuild-the-asylums/

Rafik Wahbi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35244001/

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2024/2/29/california-deputizing-people-to-do-more-harm

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In this episode we speak with attorney Olivia Ensign and community organizer Lex Steppling about CARE Courts and the ongoing expansion of commitment laws in California.

Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/

Los Angeles Community Action Network: https://cangress.org/

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2024/2/22/california-merry-go-round-of-state-control

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable