Une femme mariée de 19 ans (Eleanor Parker) nommée Marie Allen est envoyée en prison, après une tentative de vol à main armée ratée avec son jeune mari, Tom, (qui est tué). En prison, elle découvre qu'elle est enceinte de deux mois. Malgré la cruauté de la matonne Evelyn Harper (Hope Emerson), elle donne naissance à un bébé en bonne santé et veut "temporairement" en accorder la garde à sa mère. Le but est de reprendre le bébé à sa libération. Cependant, sa mère informe Marie que son impitoyable beau-père a décidé que, en aucun cas, il acceptera l'enfant dans sa maison, et elle utilise les excuses qu'elle est «trop vieille» et «n'a pas un sou à son nom » comme raisons pour ne peut pas le quitter et aider Marie. La prison l'oblige à donner définitivement l'enfant en adoption. Marie ne reverra jamais son bébé. Après son contact avec des criminels endurcis et les gardiens de prison sadiques, à la fin du film, sort de prison une femme endurcie avec des dettes envers les criminels qui ont contribué à sa sortie de prison.
Anne Carson (Joan Taylor) is sent to a women's prison for allegedly participating in a bank robbery with two others, one, Paul Anderson (Lance Fuller) who is still at large. The money was never recovered and all eyes are on Anne who denies knowing about the money.
Dans le couloir de la mort, Mary Price Hilton se remémore ce qui l'a conduite au meurtre de la maîtresse de son amant. Malgré les conséquences tragiques de son acte, elle ne regrette pas du tout son geste. Elle espère malgré tout obtenir un report de dernière minute de sa pendaison...
Erica Hayden (Knight) is a young expectant mother who is wrongly implicated in a crime and sent to prison for five years. Erica learns that she must find a guardian for her daughter or she will become a ward of the state. The prison's warden, Frank Cole (Duggan), becomes infatuated with Erica and effectively blocks her chances for a parole.
Donna Price (Gloria Castillo) is picked up on a double date by Vince (Edward Byrnes). During the course of the evening she discovers that the car they are riding in is stolen. As the night unfolds, an argument ensues in the car and Vince tells the others to get out, leaving Donna as his only passenger. When she asks him if he is worried about the other couple notifying the police, Vince tells her that he would murder anybody who ever turned on him. Subsequently, the police attempt to pull Vince over for speeding. During the high speed chase, Vince strikes a pedestrian and kills him. He flees the scene leaving Donna alone in the car. Fearing for her life, she refuses to identify Vince as the car’s driver. Considered a juvenile delinquent, Donna is sent to a state school for girls.
Durant la seconde guerre mondiale, deux femmes espionnes de l'armée américaine décident d'infiltrer un camp allemand, disons un peu spécial, en l'occurrence le numéro 7. En effet, dans ce camp d'amour, les prisonnières sont prostituées pour les officiers amateurs de fesses.
Nine-year-old Nicki Johnson attends a funfair with her parents. Her father takes her on a merry-go-round ride, where Nicki becomes frightened. Attempting to reach over to comfort her, her father instead falls from the ride and is crushed to death in its machinery. The tragedy leaves Nicki traumatised, particularly as in its aftermath she overhears comments suggesting that she was to blame for what happened, which leave her with a permanent sense of guilt.
Parole officer Sandra Parker (Lois Nettleton) becomes aware of the death of one of her cases, Ginger Stratton, at the hands of brutal prison guard Claire Tyson (Ida Lupino). All too aware of Tyson's impeccable record, Parker and her friend, Assistant District Attorney Helen Anderson (Penny Fuller), come to the conclusion that Tyson is basically untouchable.
It tells the story of seven beautiful women who escape from a high-security prison. After the breakout, Rebecca (Karen Carter) and her fellow escapees find they are in more trouble than they had imagined as they become the victims of Miller Drake (Gordon Mitchell), who is involved in white slavery.
Afin de prendre contact avec une jeune femme emprisonnée qui pourrait être à même d'innocenter son père accusé de trafic de drogue, Gerda se retrouve volontairement derrière les barreaux. Ignorant que son père est finalement décédé, elle va découvrir un monde de brimades et de perversions sexuelles.
Set in a revolution torn country, the story is about an army led by a woman who helps out two other women escape from jail. A cache of money is around, but the escaped
Linda Blair stars as a 14-year-old runaway who, after getting arrested one too many times, is sentenced to do time in a girls' juvenile detention center, which doubles as a reform school for the girls. Blair's character, Christine Parker, comes from an abusive home. Her father (played by Richard Jaeckel) beat her on a regular basis, which caused Chris to run away many times. Her mother (Kim Hunter) is just as troubled as Chris is; unfeeling, sitting in her recliner, watching television and smoking cigarettes all day, and in denial as to what her husband is doing. While the movie had a morality play tone, calling attention to the harsh conditions of juvenile detention centers, it also blamed society for Christine's downfall.