Two new prisoners take the places of the escaped prisoners, and work is still underway on rebuilding the prison. Meanwhile, a prisoner is accused of being a sex offender by another prisoner, who insists on a 'court' being held with the accused being on 'trial'.

The prisoners begin to prepare for their trial, each of them being charged with the murder of the inmate who was found hanging in his cell. Fisher, a prisoner, applies for 'home-leave', not mentioning to Helen that his wife has requested a divorce and wants him to sign the deeds on his property over to her. Meanwhile, the trial of the prisoners for murder begins.

A prisoner hatches a plot to escape and goes with his wife to the Lake District. Helen is told by the police that they have a tip off, and he is recaptured in Leeds. After breaking a chair over an officer's head, he gets a beating and is sent to the hospital wing. Helen begins an inquiry into whether one of her own officers beat him up.

Helen begins to look into the incident of the escaped prisoner. She interviews other prisoner and the prisoner is attacked. It is 'proven' that the officers attacked in self-defense, and the prisoner decides not to press charges - else his life in prison would be awful for the next eleven years. He meets Victor Braithwaite and asks him if he can be involved in whatever he is planning against the officers.