Ivan Travalian es un reputado autor teatral neoyorquino que se debate entre la redacción de su última obra y sus problemas familiares: su esposa Gloria está a punto de abandonarlo a él y a sus cinco hijos.
A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.