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Now, there's a more dire problem. one which seems to grow every day. >> you know, probably a full 25% to 30% of our inmate population has some type of mental illness. we do a pretty good job of stabilizing our mentally ill folks that come through our doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they don't have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later, they're back in custody, and we go through that cycle all over aga...

>> you know, probably a full 25% to 30% of our inmate population has some type of mental illness. we do a pretty good job of stabilizing our mentally ill folks that come through our doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they don't have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later they're back in custody, and we go through that cycle all over again. >> call medical up here. >> we went through this how many times ...

To 30% of our inmate population has some type of mental illness. we do a pretty good job of stabilizing our mentally ill folks that come through our doors once we get them through here. we get them back on their medications, for example. we take care of their health care needs. they go back to the street and either they don't have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later they're back in custody, and we go through that cycle all over again. >> we went through this how many times now? >> 19-year-old antonio coleman is not classified as a...

Cycle all over again. >> we went through this how many times now? >> 19-year-old antonio coleman is not classified as a men tions require staff culmination. in the four months he's been here, he's had more than 40 incidents of self-abusive behavior. now, he has cut himself again. >> we went through this a couple times. you get pressed out, what happens? >>e's beat his head before, he's cut himself before. it's usually just self-harm. it's never really against . somebody else. it's just against himself. me and him have a real good rapport. just by talking to him, i can actually de-escalate the ...

They go back to the street and either they don't have access to their medications or they quit taking it. they decompensate and a very short time later they're back in custody, and we go through that cycle all over again. >> we went through this how many times now? >> 19-year-old antonio coleman is not classified as a mentally ill inmate, but many of his actions require staff culmination. in the four months he's been here, he's had more than 40 incidents of self-abusive behavior. now, he has cut himself again. >> we went through this a couple ties. you get pressed out, what happens? >> he's be...