Inside LA's mental health court: Meth, homelessness and the judge who wants to help

Inside LA's mental health court: Meth, homelessness and the judge who wants to help

Addiction and homelessness are a constant presence in L.A.'s mental health court. Its judge wants defendants to 'feel like someone ... cares about them.'

Inside LA’s mental health court: Meth, homelessness and the judge who wants to help

In a Hollywood courtroom, prosecutor and defense attorney both asserted their positions on how to best administer justice to the man appearing before them in shackled restraints. Judge Ronald Owen