1971, 17 year oId, Kris Gray, is sent from Wormwood Scrubs prison, whist on remand, to a ruraI Borstal for young offenders, his sentence 2 years. The BorstaI is run by Governor Heywood an ex-miIitary man with a good heart and his second in command Len Forshaw who is the opposite, a man with a vicious chip on his shoulder who thinks the borstaI boys shouId be treated Iike they are in his own Iittle army. Forshaw goes out of his way to prevent Kris from leaving the borstaI before his 2 year sentence is complete. Brutal beatings, eviI screws, vicious inmates, wilI Kris survive it and become the man he wants to be? |