When young punk Ron Decker is sentenced to two years in San Quentin Jail for dealing drugs, he finds himself in a different world. Violence and brutality are an every day part of life inside. Ron is assaulted by another inmate whom he stabs to death in self-defence. With his parole revoked, and his time extended to six years, Ron decides that he has to get out. The jail kingpin, and Ron's unlikely mentor and friend, agrees to mastermind their prison break, knowing that only one of them will make it out.