This glimpse into the Mental Health Division of Chicago Cook County Jail is so well-intentioned its difficult to find fault with it. Neatly structured from Recieving of detainees to the Release of one, it has a "day in the life" feel but the material was clearly gathered over a period of weeks. Along the way we briefly meet some staff members in each stage of the evaluation process, as well as a number of the detainees with varying degrees of mental problems. A narrator reads a well written script which fills in descriptions, details and background information. This is a solid portrait of a place of transit, a kind of Central Station of unfortunates, where so many pass through it's hard to tell them apart. Perhaps that's why the narrator's voice had such a sense of detatchment. But that didn't help bring me any closer to any of the people in the story. One detainnee blends into another, as do even the obviously caring and competent staff. And the whole half hour moves along on one level - without the ups and downs that must occur in a place like that every day - making it all seem a little safer than I imagine it really is. I never felt the "danger" of the title. In this sense, the piece might just be a bit too well produced - not necessarily a bad thing for the average radio audience.