Rikers Island jail is where Sierra Howell, a sexy female corrections officer from Brooklyn, meets a charming and manipulative prisoner. Sierra falls hard for him so hard that she soon finds herself fornicating on the job with an incarcerated man she is supposed to be guarding. These taboo circumstances lead to a tumultuous mix of emotions, drama, and investigations that turn Sierra's world upside down. She becomes, in many ways, a prisoner of love.