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Now, theres a more dire problem. one which seems to grow every day. >> you know, probably a full 25% to 30% of our inmate population has some type of mental illness. we do a pretty good job of stabilizing our mentally ill folks that come through our doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they dont have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensa...

>> you know, probably a full 25% to 30% of our inmate population has some type of mental illness. we do a pretty good job of stabilizing our mentally ill folks that come through our doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they dont have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later theyre back in custody, and we go t...

To 30% of our inmate population has some type of mental illness. we do a pretty good job of stabilizing our mentally ill folks that come through our doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they dont have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later theyre back in custody, and we go through that cycle all over again....

Cycle all over again. >> we went through this how many times now? >> 19-year-old antonio coleman is not classified as a men tions require staff culmination. in the four months hes been here, hes had more than 40 incidents of self-abusive behavior. now, he has cut himself again. >> we went through this a couple times. you get pressed out, what happens? >>es beat his head before, hes cut himself before. its usually just self-harm. its never really against . somebody else. its just against himself....

They go back to the street and either they dont have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later theyre back in custody, and we go through that cycle all over again. >> we went through this how many times now? >> 19-year-old antonio coleman is not classified as a mentally ill inmate, but many of his actions require staff culmination. in the four months hes been here, hes had more than 40 incidents of self-abusive behavior. now, he has cut him...

Inmates has always been a challenge for the jail. now, theres a more dire problem. one which seems to grow every day. >> you know, probably a full 25% to 30% of our inmate population has some type of mental illness. we do a pretty good job of stabilizing our mentally ill folks that come through our doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they dont have access to their...

Doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they dont have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later theyre back in custody, and we go through that cycle all over again. >> we went through this how many times now? >> 19-year-old antonio coleman is not classified as a mention tally ill inmate, but many of his actions ...

>> you know, probably a full 25% to 30% of our inmate population has some type of mental illness. we do a pretty good job of stabilizing our mentally ill folks that come through our doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they dont have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later theyre back in custody, and we go t...

>> narrator: many of his actions require staff culmination. in the four months hes been here, hes had more than 40 incidents of self abusive behavior. now, he has cut himself again. >> weve been through this a couple times. you get pressed out, what happens? >> hes beat his head before, hes cut himself before. its usually just self harm. its never really against somebody else. its just against himself. me and him have a real good rapport. just by talking to him, i can actually deescalate the sit...