Amaximum-securityprisoninmatenamedLouis,who,24yearsaftercommittingaviolentcrimeasayoungman,findshimselfonthecuspofreleasefromprison,facinganuncertainfutureontheoutside.HeencountersBeech,anewlyincarceratedyoungmanwhooffershimmuchneeded-friendship,thoughit'snotwithoutunfortunatecomplications.Theyoungerinmateechoesofhisoldercounterpart,stirringinstinctswithinLouisthathadlongbeenburiedbeneathatoughexterior.