被解雇的报社女记者安·米歇尔伪造了一封信给报社,署名“约翰·杜伊”(即无名氏),信上表示对这个充满恶瘤的社会充满失望,决心要自杀。报社为此不得不重新聘用了安来调查此事。然而,没想到此事最终引发了一场政治运动……
Frightened 19-year-old Marie Allen gets sent to an Illinois penitentiary for being an accomplice in an armed robbery. A sympathetic prison head tries to help, but her efforts are subverted by cruel matron Evelyn Harper. Marie's harsh experiences turn her from doe-eyed innocent to hard-nosed con.