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The cell, on the floor, on the cell window. he wrote some threatening gestures about killing and whatnot. that also gives us the idea that he may want to hurt himself. >> okay, stick your hands out, both of them. both, both. >> we were able to negotiate with him. the agreement was he would be escorted to the shower, given the opportunity to shower. his cell would be cleaned and sanitized, and he'd return to that cell. and he's agreed to cooperate and cease all the banging and unruly activity. >> okay. come on. >> the inmate is covered with a tear-proof gown known as a suicide smock and escorte...

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 and end up as an inmate. >> and now one of thos...

>> hostage situation. taking of the cell. >> one morning, we arrived at the jail to discover witty had been more trouble than usual. he used a food tray to smash his cell window after officer hunt told him he had to wait to take a shower. >> inmate witty says when can i go in to my shower? i talk to him like, well, i'm not quite sure if you've had your shower yet and i can't go by your word. let me talk to my partner and i'll get back to you. he just went on break. he'll be back in 30 minutes. >> he told me it will be another 30 minutes. i have to verify that you haven't had a shower. i was st...

She said she was trying to open a business that could have been a boom with cleveland. >> i'm in love with the city and we're in such lovely renaissance right now. it's just -- it's wonderful. this is my home. >> ironically, schneider has an excellent view of the city's football stadium and lake front 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. >> sixth floor, booth two. >> all right. thank you...

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 in a restraint chair for up to four hours. as deputies place gomes in the chair they fasten a mask around h...