David Evans was newly married and naive when he was hired to be a correctional officer in Toronto, Canada during the early seventies. The politics between the jail's management and the officer's union disgusted him. The nature of the job, dealing with criminals, and the violent atmosphere of the jail, changed him. Once a free-spirited dreamer, David had turned into a dark, cynical, man with a black sense of humor. Politics and violence crashed together in one brutal event when David was falsely accused of beating an inmate. Would he prove his innocence? And if he did, would he ever be the person he was, or would he forever be the cold-hearted jail guard the job had made him?