The Stars Look Tired

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.