The feces-filled, rape-plagued LA ‘twin towers’ jail where killer socialite Rebecca Grossman languishes while awaiting transfer to state prison
Convicted murderer Rebecca Grossman languishes with the infamous Los Angeles ‘Twin Towers’ prison as she waits to be transferred to a state prison to serve her sentence for the murder of two young brothers.
It could take two to four weeks before Grossman is transferred to one of the region’s three women’s prisons CaliforniaSources report this to DailyMail.com.
The 60-year-old disgraced socialite – whose birthday is Friday – has been housed at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Downtown LA since a jury trial. found her guilty almost four months ago for the hit-and-run death of Mark and Jacob Iskander in September 2020.
She was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison during an emotionally charged hearing in Van Nuys on Monday, but could be eligible for parole in seven to eight years.
Prosecutors had asked the judge to consider a prison sentence of 34 years to life, arguing that the disgraced socialite “more than deserves” a harsher sentence.
Rebecca Grossman is serving time at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown LA until she is transferred to a women’s prison in California to serve her 15 years to life sentence
Rebecca Grossman, who turns 61 Friday, went from hosting glitzy fundraising galas to running the busiest and most dangerous jail in LA County
“We’re obviously disappointed,” Deputy District Attorney Ryan Gould told DailyMail.com on Tuesday. ‘We felt that two lives had been taken and therefore she should be punished for the two separate lives she had taken.
“There was a lack of remorse, even in court, when she said, ‘I’m sorry for what happened.’ Not once did she say she regretted what she had done. She has never taken responsibility for her own actions because she believes it has always been someone else’s fault.’
Grossman fatally struck Mark Iskander, 11, and his brother Jacob, 8, while speeding behind a car driven by her then-lover Scott Erickson, a former pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgersand then fled the scene.
The Iskander boys, Mark and Jacob, 11 and 8, died at the scene of the accident after Grossman’s Mercedes struck them at high speed
Sources said Grossman was placed on suicide watch for the first few days she was locked up in Twin Towers after a jury found her guilty of two murder charges in February.
During a shocking moment at her sentencing in an LA court on MondayGrossman admitted that she had contemplated suicide and wished God had provided her with life.
“He knows that if I had seen anyone, I would have thrown myself against the wall,” a hysterical and sobbing Grossman told the Iskander family. ‘I wanted God to take my life. I don’t know why God didn’t take my life.
She continued, “I wish He would take my life. And if I could give my life right now and say to God, “Can you please bring Mark and Jacob back,” I would tell God to take my life. I’m so sorry!’
The Los Angeles County jail system, the largest in the United States, is understaffed and overcrowded, housing nearly 200,000 inmates annually and watching over a population that averages 18,000 per day. Upstairs in a busy holding center, inmates sleep on the floor as they await admission to the Men’s Central Jail at the Twin Towers in downtown Los Angeles
An inmate with mental health issues sleeps on the floor in the Forensic Inpatient Unit, part of the Correctional Treatment Center Hospital, at the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on September 23, 2014
Rebecca, who co-founded a renowned burn center with her plastic surgeon husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, went from glitzy galas and fundraisers with Hollywood elites to sleeping in LA County’s largest jail, known for its “barbaric” and overcrowded conditions .
The Twin Towers, which has separate facilities for men and women, was highlighted last year by a group of senators for the “appalling” conditions in which prisoners were found chained to tables, sleeping on urine-soaked floors and confined to their own feces.
The Towers also has a history of sexual violence among inmates or even the officers who guard them, according to reports from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Gould said Grossman would most likely be transferred to the state prison for women in Chino or Chowchilla. Once she is transferred to one of those facilities, she will undergo a care and classification process that could take up to 90 days.
During that time, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation administrators will assess several factors, including Grossman’s mental health, the type of crime she committed and her criminal background.
Criminal defense expert and attorney Lou Shapiro said Grossman would most likely end up in a “Tier 1” area — the lowest level — because of her lack of criminal background.
The Los Angeles River flows behind the Twin Towers Jail, center, as seen from the MTA building in downtown Los Angeles
Rebecca Grossman could be transferred to a state prison for women in Chowchilla, California
He added that some inmates even qualify to be a “trustee,” or inmate worker, who are selected for prison jobs such as cooking, managing the prison library or maintenance.
“Trustee status actually gives them more access to free time, maybe sometimes better food and opportunities for more visits,” Shapiro told DailyMail.com. ‘They could also get time off their sentences. It’s in return for good behavior and the work they do and the goodwill they’ve earned as a trustee.
“Although she was convicted of murder, it was not an intentional crime, so there is a good chance she is in a Level 1 section of the prison and could be a trustee.”
At Chowchilla State Prison, Grossman would be in the same prison as the ‘House of Horror’ mother Louise Turpin, who was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison along with her husband David– for starving and torturing twelve of their thirteen children in their home in Perris, California.
