When decorated policeman's son Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given an unexpected choice — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall, or remain where he is and serve his full sentence.

Jimmy's only way out depends on eliciting a confession so cops can find out where the bodies of several young girls are buried before Hall's appeal goes through. Completing this task becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

Inspired by actual events.