At first Butch attempts to conform to the rules, but soon he and his friends are attacked by the chief bully Banks and his thugs, Eckersley and Looney. Goodyear, a tough but fair officer, urges the new inmates to follow the rules and quietly serve their time so they can earn a second chance on the outside. The focus is on Butch, who has been imprisoned for attacking and blinding a correctional officer. Butch, Davis, and Angel are teenagers who have been sentenced to Enola Vale juvenile detention center in Montana.
