Helen Hewitt是第一位负责巴菲尔德监狱的女性，这是一座戒备森严的监狱，几乎被一场灾难性的骚乱摧毁。 尽管遭到囚犯公开的敌意和监狱工作人员的热情，她仍决心清理这个地方。

Helen Hewitt is first woman put in charge of Barfield, a maximum security prison that had been nearly destroyed by a disastrous riot. Despite being greeted with open hostility by inmates and little enthusiasm by prison staff, she is determined to clean up the place.