An intense psychological drama set in a women's prison, in which a mother and daughter try to break through the barriers of time, memory and punishment which separate them.

Fay is fifteen years into a life sentence for murdering her husband. Her now grown-up daughter, Josie visits her for the first time, and the two women begin to close the gap between them, with Fay helping Josie to remember her life before Fay was sent down. But a thoughtless attempt by Josie to smuggle in some tranquilizers results in a three-month ban on visits, threatening to destroy the fragile reconciliation.