This award-winning documentary profiles the experiences of the prisoners and officers of the recently revived male chain gang and the world"s first female chain gang. It examines the conditions of these people as they participate in these intense and highly controversial programs and the impact of chaining inmates during forced labor. Irving"s camera"s follow two officers and five prisoners before, during and after their release from the chain gang. This insightful reveal of what goes on in our modern-day prison system with the reinstatement of the chain gang is brutal, honest and eye-opening.