In his new role as director of the domestic violence NGO, Carlo sees a patient suffering from increasing aggression from her husband, yet she cannot be persuaded to leave him.
Carlo leads a class at a women's prison and meets inmate and former bank robber, Amanda, whose son is having problems at school. When Carlo decides to help, he finds himself in a world where right and wrong matter less than survival.
Tensions rise in the prison where Carlo holds his reading class and a rebellion threatens a bloodbath. While Carlo acts as inmate negotiator, elsewhere his stepson holds his own girlfriend prisoner when she tries to end their relationship.
