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reporter: the problem started in the 60s with deinstitutionalization and closing mental hospitals with no places for sick people to go. they turn to the street and often for jail. over the last few decades it has grown to where the jails have become the defacto mental health institutions. reporter: the crimes are usually non-violent, trespassing, stealing food. zick people self-medicate and steal to take drugs. you have to break the pattern. reporter: the staff at cook county often sees the same person dozens times. when you get arrested is there a part of you relieved? in some sense. because i know i will get my medication. reporter: there are some legislative efforts, nothing revolutionary. the national liance for mental illness says the nation spends $9 billion annually warehousing mentally ill people in county jails. jenna? jenna: great story for us today, mike and one we ll continue to watch. thank you. jon: there is trouble at the top in north korea. kim jong-un ....