create a considerable challenge for overworked jail administrators. with large numbers of these inmates returning to the community every day, mental health professionals and sheriff's deputies are working together to find better ways to identify and treat their patients before they head home. tower number one is a 185-foot-tall facility that has no bars. the thousands of square feet of security glass and other acoustical materials serve as sound barriers, making it a uniquely quiet facility. its high-tech design allows a module control deputy to see into each of the 96 cells with one glance. this is where all of the male inmates with mental health problems are housed. every morning in tower number one, doctors, nurses and deputies meet to discuss inmates' treatments and behavior. to protect the inmates' identities from msnbc's cameras, the staff refers to their booking numbers. >> inmate 227 i saw yesterday on the seventh floor. he's doing a lot better. so i thought we'd give him a try down here. he's still very paranoid.