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Willie? willie? will you come to the door, sir? >> willie, willie, you want to talk to a doctor? [ speaking spanish ] >> the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention center is a world unto itself. as part of the psychiatric unit, these cells are reserved for inmates with serious mental problems. >> sir, you all right? >> dr. joseph poitier is the jail's chief psychiatrist. he's worked at miami-dade for the past ten years. >> jails have, in effect, become mental institutions. i would say that 20% of those who are incarcerated have a mental illness. a large part suffer from schizophrenia...

And the challenges we face pretty much reflect, to a certain degree, the challenges the community faces with gang affiliations, with drug abuse, mental problems, issues that would be better served in hospitals but given the current situation they end up in jails. >> since the new arrivals' charges might range from minor infractions to murder, deputies must be vigilant to ensure safety. >> the uncuffing process is probably the most dangerous. that's where if they're going to do something to us, they'll do it then. once they're uncuffed they have an opportunity to attack us if they want to. it's...

Assault rifles to the mexican drug cartels that they then use to kill us. and here in new york mandatory jail time if you are arrested with a loaded gun. loaded illegal gun. sounds good. the problem? fewer than half of those arrested for illegal possession of loaded handguns even received a state prison sentence. mandatory all right. unless a judge doesn't think they are. you you could drive an 18 wheeler through that old interest of justice excuse to not jail someone. and now the president wants to have a dialogue and mental illness. we know the virginia tech shooter and the colorado movie th...

Authorities and described as very cooperative. he's telling federal authorities that he believes his brother had developed mental problems and possibly autism, and the boy's father also said to be cooperating with federal authorities in new jersey, being questioned, trying to shed light on this kid's mental state and what may have set him off. >> bill: all right. so they have the father and the brother who are obviously trying to explain to authorities the condition of the dead murderer. when you cover a story like this, there is a lot of chaos and there is a lot of misreporting, as you just m...

Pid -- pedro hernandez confessed to killing etan patz back in 1979. he was a 6-year-old living in new york city when he disappeared walking to the local bus stop on his way to school. his face was the very first to appear on milk cartons which would become a nationwide campaign to find missing children. what happened to him remain ad mystery until perhaps hernandez was arrested earlier this year. the 51-year-old worked at a small grocery story in etan's neighborhood. police say he confessed to killing the boy. hernandez's lawyer says mental problems led him to falsely admit to that murder. aga...