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Junie Butler, a rebellious ukulele player, is betrayed by her friends and lands in prison. Isolated, she forms an unlikely alliance with her pyromaniac cellmate to escape the sadistic prison matron and a murderous beauty queen inmate.

Darby finds herself in trouble with the law, and is sentenced to house arrest. Now she must serve 30 days in the home she used to share with her ex-boyfriend, that he now shares with his new fiancee.

Love is messy and hard but it's real. And a real love is so much better than a dreamed up list.

Swell gal Junie Butler is sent up river to Marquetta State Prison, landing in the clutches of the hook-handed Matron and her side-kick, prison guard Nancy. Junie impresses her cellmate Vickie with her ukulele song about how she was double crossed.

Vickie shows Junie the ropes, and introduces a few inmates: cheery thief Peggy, pill-popping Lois, mute cannibal Barbara, and the Alpha female of the cellblock: ax-murderer/ Beauty Queen Jeanine.

When Vickie comes to trade some prison hooch, Jeanine reveals she has plans for Junie. On the yard, Lois shows up in a panic with some story about Peggy giving birth to a dozen furry babies.

Vickie rescues Junie from Jeanine's advances in the laundry room, and Jeanine vows revenge. In the wake of the bloody fight, Junie confesses her love and seduces Vickie.

Just as Vickie and Junie's plans are nearing completion, Jeanine gets wind of it and rats them out to the Matron. When Vickie and Junie confront Jeanine in the shower, Barbara turns on her.

The prison talent show is a glorious evening of music and magic, but ends in riot and a mass breakout. Nothing is left of Matron but her empty hook. Junie and Vickie make it all the way to Mexico.