Okwu, Los Angeles County jail, where even the prosecutor who put them there, say, they dont belong. And hes no longer boss, but on d. C. Streets, hes still known as mayor for life. Washingtons washingtons washingtons marion barry. I have a philosophy. A setup is for a come back. And good evening, thanks for joining us, im joie chen, welcome to america tonight, the weekend edition. It is a shocking statistic. One study finds u. S. Prisons are home to ten times as many mentally ill people as state psychiatric hospitals. As aasigh legals were shut down and budgets made Community Support scarce, prisons have become the repositories for the mentally ill in america. Americ america tonights michael okwu finds a surprising campaigner for change. Its shocking enough to witness firsthand. A collection of men confined to the prison of their own minds. Broken, vulnerable and in unrelenting pain. More shocking perhaps to know that the nations largest caretaker of the mentally ill is right here. The