steven lifeman is the judge from the criminal division in miami >>> we have the highest percentage of people with mental illnesses in any urban area in the united states. 9.1% of our population generation. provided with florida, that has resulted in all of our gaols becoming the will largist psychiatric facilities in the state >>> for years lifeman watched as the failings of an over burdened mental hilth system brought those suffering from serious mental illnesses, from schizophrenia to manic depression flooding into his courtroom. >>> i might be able to keep you out of this place with treatment >>> this 34-year-old paranoid schizophreniai who has been arrested 33 times since 2002. without treatment, he and others will end up living on the streets. there they self medicate with drugs or alcohol and eventually land in jail for pan-handling, trespassing or petty theft >>> a lot of crimes we get are the quality of life offences. they're not committing horrible offences >>> two million people with mental illness go to state and local gaols every year. more than 350,000 are inkass rated in