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Is mentally ill? >> i don't think it's the right place for anyone, let alone somebody that's mentally ill. >> reporter: justin entered the judge's program eventually. after he completed it, the judge hired him to work as a program peer counselor. >> i feel great giving back, and what i do is i offer the experience of, i've been there, i've been arrested. i know what it's like to not want to take your medication. >> reporter: justin has come a long way. he still takes medication for bipolar disorder, but he's now a married father. he showed me photos of his wedding, officiated by the judge. >> ...

>> i don't think it's the right place for anyone, let alone somebody that's mentally ill. >> reporter: justin entered the judge's program eventually. after he completed it, the judge hired him to work as a program peer counselor. >> i feel great giving back, and what i do is i offer the experience of, i've been there, i've been arrested. i know what it's like to not want to take your medication. >> reporter: justin has come a long way. he still takes medication for bipolar disorder, but he's now a married father. he showed me photos of his wedding, officiated by the judge. >> just because you ...

>> i don't think it's the right place for anyone, let alone somebody that's mentally ill. >> reporter: justin entered the judge's program eventually. after he completed it, the judge hired him to work as a program peer counselor. >> i feel great giving back, and what i do is i offer the experience of, i've been there, i've been arrested. i know what it's like to not want to take your medication. >> reporter: justin has come a long way. he still takes medication for bipolar disorder, but he's now a married father. he showed me photos of his wedding, officiated by the judge. >> just because you ...

Floor, the very same ninth floor we visited. >> i do remember being completely delusional when i went in there, and things not getting better after i went to the ninth floor. and things got eventually worse. >> reporter: do you think it's the right place for someone who is mentally ill? >> i don't think it's the right place for anyone, let alone somebody that's mentally ill. >> reporter: justin entered the judge's program eventually. after he completed it, the judge hired him to work as a program peer counselor. >> i feel great giving back, and what i do is i offer the experience of, i've been...

Restaurant on south beach. he had a schizophrenic break. he attacked the owner of the restaurant. >> reporter: it was 2007. justin was taken to the ninth floor, the very same ninth floor we visited. >> i do remember being completely delusional when i went in there, and things not getting better after i went to the ninth floor. and things got eventually worse. >> reporter: do you think it's the right place for someone who is mentally ill? >> i don't think it's the right place for anyone, let alone somebody that's mentally ill. >> reporter: justin entered the judge's program eventually. after he...