Dauni yoherejwe i Rehab, ariko yahungaga ku ivuriro. Mu 1999, yasabye umucamanza kutamutumaho muri gereza. Yakatiwe igifungo cy'amezi 36, ariko yakoraga mugihe kitarenze umwaka. Mu 2000, umubare wa hoteri ya hoteri, aho kokayine na Methamphetamine basanze bashakishaga abapolisi basubiza umuhamagaro utazwi. Umwaka utaha, umukinnyi yarafashwe kandi yohereza kubera kwivuza, azerera mu muhanda.
Downey w'imyaka 49 amaze kuntsinzi ku badayimoni ati: "Ku bantu bamwe, biracyasubizwa. Nibisanzwe rwose, kugira ubwoko runaka bwo kwishingikiriza mugihe runaka, hanyuma byose birarengana. "
Kuvuga ibijyanye no kuguma mu kigo gishinzwe gusubiza mu buzima busanzwe na gereza ya Californiya, kimwe n'umurimo wo kugarura ubuzima, Downey yagize ati: "Akazi ni inzira yo muri ubu buvumo. Benshi barasohoka, ariko ntuhindure. Ikigaragara ni uko Byongeye, ni ngombwa kumenya akamaro k'akabuza k'akabaza, dukomera no kurushaho gukomera. Cyangwa ikindi gitandukanye. Ariko sinzi ikibazo cyanjye bwite. "