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Northern virginia. >> jails began to see more mentally ill inmates as far back as the 1970s. that's when many state hospitals and community mental health centers were closed due to funding cuts. along with court rulings that made it more difficult to involuntarily institutionalize or treat the mentally ill. >> oftentimes, people are arrested for behavior that they have done. oftentimes as a result of not taking care of their mental illness. for instance, not continuing on their meds. not following up with outpatient treatment. and as a result, they get arrested for various and sundry charges a...

Sentences for assault with a dangerous weapon. >> he is a major behavioral issue, if he doesn't get his way or things don't happen fast enough, he tends to get riled up very quickly and everything is a problem for him. it's tough to get him to come down. and everything is a problem for him. nothing -- he doesn't do anything wrong, we do everything wrong. and there's some major injustice. >> i'm going to advise you to remain silent. >> no such thing as freedom of speech in jail? what happened to my miranda rights, my amendment rights? >> when inmates continually act out the jail can secure them...

My legal visits and it was months before i had the opportunity to go before the judge. once the judge heard what happened in the trial in this kangaroo court, it took another 2 weeks before i was freed. it whole encounter, i lost nearly 40 pounds in prison. i had one piece of fruit a day. i was supposed to be in her majesty prison. i could not open my windows because i had excrement and spit through them. >> tucker: who was doing that? >> i was on the ground level. which it did not have to be. every prison would walk past my cell window. when my windows were open, every

Legal visits and it took months before i got the opportunity to get before a judge. once the judge heard what happened in the trial, we found so many illegal and wrongdoing within the kangaroo court that t it took another two weeks before i was freed. this whole encounter, i haven't eaten, i've lost nearly 40 pounds. in prison. i had one to tin of tuna and a piece of fruit a day. i couldn't open my windows, i was having spit put through them, i was having the whole process and -- >> tucker:ca i'm sorry to interrupt but who is putting spit through your window?cr >> the prison cell was a lower l...

$60 million. she says she was trying to fund a large retail and entertainment complex that could have been a boon for cleveland. >> i love this city. and we're in such a lovely renaissance right now. and it's just -- it's wonderful. this is my home. >> ironically, schneider has an excellent view of the city's football stadium and lakefront from a narrow cell window. but it's a far cry from the life she led with her husband of 49 years, allen schneider. >> he puts money on my books here for the phone. i can call him every day to keep my sanity. and he comes to visit me twice a week. >> okay, mr...