Rev. Stevenson and his wife Mary Ann are captured while trying to help people escape from Colonel Cisneros' dictatorship.

Mary Ann must comply with the regime’s demands to keep her husband alive, leading her to the notorious FSCC prison.

The prison is run by the cruel Miss Melanie, who subjects Mary Ann to harsh correctional treatment.

Claire Redfern watches in horror as her daughter Vicky, now under Miss Melanie’s influence, oversees the prisoners’ punishment.

As Vicky leads the prisoners through humiliating tasks, her mother wonders if she is acting out of fear or something more sinister.

Mary Ann endures increasing public and private humiliation as she struggles to survive in the brutal environment of the FSCC.