The Los AngelesTwin Towers correctional facility is connected to Skid Row by a common population of people, and location.

Geographic Proximity:
Less than a mile apart.

Size:
The largest mental institution the United States. The largest
homeless population in the United States.

The Same People:
95% of the severely mentally ill people in Twin Towers have
been there before.

A disorganized man

“A disorganized, homeless man with schizophrenia who was arrested repeatedly for various petty thefts, such as taking toys from a department store and aluminum foil from a convenience store to protect himself from X rays. After a number of episodes, he had a long list of arrests and convictions for theft. Consequently, when the police officer was called to the scene of the current matter, rather than a person with severe mental illness…the officer believed the man should be arrested instead of hospitalized. Thus, this person with severe mental illness continues to be criminalized.”