Lynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain with her employer. She's now convicted and because of this uncooperative attitude gets the maximum sentence, 10 years in a women's jail wing. Model husband Larry, who wasn't informed of her dumb schemes is left running her appeal, the household and spoiled daughter who now feels abandoned. Since most inmates are junkies or prostitutes, sergeant Ed Crang and fellow corrupt jailers can run a 'favors in kind exchange'. For rebels, it gets worse. Larry however has his own radio show, so it all hangs on gathering proof.

　　《秘密监狱》是一部1997年由弗雷德·格伯执导的美国电视电影。这部电影是根据一个真实的故事改编的，主要讲述一名女性囚犯在狱中为妇女权利而战。

Lee Shaffer, casada y madre de una niña, es acusada por ocultación fraudulenta y conflicto de intereses, por lo que es condenada a diez años de prisión. Sobrevivir en la cárcel será duro, tanto por parte de las compañeras, la mayoría procedentes del mundo de las drogas y la prostitución, como de los guardianes de la prisión, quienes aprovecharan su situación para abusar de las mujeres.