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A young man begged prison officials not to lock him in a cell with the monster who abused his sister—and when the system ignored him, instant justice took over. In 2020, Washington state inmate Shane Goldsby arrived at the Airway Heights Corrections Center. To his absolute horror, prison staff assigned him to share a cell with 70-year-old Robert Munger—a convicted child predator serving a 43-year sentence for abusing Goldsby's own sister. Goldsby repeatedly begged prison staff for a cell reassignment, warning guards about the extreme conflict of interest and the impossibility of sharing a small space with the man who destroyed his family. Corrections staff ignored his warnings, forcing them into the same small cell. When Munger reportedly began talking about Goldsby's sister inside the cell, the pressure exploded. Goldsby attacked the predator, delivering a fatal beating. Goldsby pled guilty to murder and received nearly 25 additional years in prison. In court, Goldsby expressed remorse to Munger's family, but pointed out the catastrophic failure of prison administrators: "I kept asking to be moved. I knew what would happen... The system set this up."