Prisoners are shown being forced to eat cockroaches off the floor to earn a hit of drugs, or being beaten over minor disagreements. Inmates and wardens both allege that one direct cause of illicit activity is corrupt prison staff.
Former offenders talk about the hierarchical structure of prisons, and how the crime they committed in the outside dictates how they are treated inside, while former wardens reveal how the trauma of witnessing blood and gore daily takes its toll