Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins is a contributing writer at The Marshall Project and the investigative journalist in residence at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.

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The Tragedy of Mental Illness in American Prisons

At the time of his death, following a violent altercation with guards, Karl Taylor was one of thousands of mentally ill inmates who are confined to institutions that are supremely ill-equipped to handle them.
- Tom Robbins
- Nov 27, 2018

Tom Robbins

The Tragedy of Mental Illness in American Prisons