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'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years

People who go to prison keep one important right--to file a grievance over their treatment. From abuse to denied medical care. But an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project finds the grievance system almost never works in their favor.

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Joseph Shapiro is a NPR News Investigations correspondent.