A man incarcerated for murder navigates his time behind bars and his reintroduction to the world after being released.

Torn between the demands of being a mother, keeping a home, and working a job as a prison officer, a woman struggles to make ends meet.

A deputy warden gives a tour of a prison.

A man imprisoned for murdering his brother drifts between his visiting wife, his memories of life outside, and his friends in prison as he struggles to find meaning in his captivity -- in everyone's captivity.

A man in the prison system figures out his talent.

After his cellmate and sexual partner leaves for parole, an inmate forms a new relationship and moves into a room with three other men, but he struggles to adapt to this new life, which involves a whole new set of expectations.

A large factory is shut down in a small town in Illinois, and the town's residents face a sudden economic depression — until a prison is built where the factory had been, invigorating the economy but bringing along with it unintended consequences.

A correctional officer gives an inmate's female visitor a ride into Sacramento and soon becomes entangled in her secrets — and also finds himself on the verge of becoming a millionaire.

A man in a jail tells his fellow prisoners the story of a General from the Civil War who was paranoid that two brothers whom he wronged were out to kill him.

After an injury that temporarily prohibits a divorced rancher from working, he frequently visits his imprisoned son, leaving his new ranchhand to develop a curious relationship with his elderly mom.