How federal prison guards stop lawsuits before they start
Investigations How federal prison guards stop lawsuits before they start July 13, 20265:10 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition By Christie Thompson , Joseph Shapiro How federal prison guards stop lawsuits before they start Audio will be available later today. Michelle Mildenberg Lara for The Marshall Project This much is undisputed: On Nov. 2, 2023, a guard and a prisoner at a federal penitentiary in California got into it over a straw sunhat that the officer had confiscated.
- ▪Investigations How federal prison guards stop lawsuits before they start July 13, 20265:10 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition By Christie Thompson , Joseph Shapiro How federal prison guards stop lawsuits before they start Audio will be availabl
- ▪Michelle Mildenberg Lara for The Marshall Project This much is undisputed: On Nov.
- ▪2, 2023, a guard and a prisoner at a federal penitentiary in California got into it over a straw sunhat that the officer had confiscated.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5825915/prison-grievance-retaliation-complaints |
| Publication time | Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:10:00 -0400 |
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Investigations How federal prison guards stop lawsuits before they start July 13, 20265:10 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition By Christie Thompson , Joseph Shapiro How federal prison guards stop lawsuits before they start Audio will be available later today. Michelle Mildenberg Lara for The Marshall Project This much is undisputed: On Nov. 2, 2023, a guard and a prisoner at a federal penitentiary in California got into it over a straw sunhat that the officer had confiscated. The man — identified in court records by his initials, J.M. — walked out of the office, as Officer Sandra Munagay followed him. When he stopped and turned around, Munagay "cocked back … and punched me in my face," he said in an interview. That is on camera.
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