THE SQUIRES SUBSCRIBE TO A VOLUNTARY CHARTER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY COUNSELING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENTERED THE SORT OF CRIMINAL SPIRAL THAT BROUGHT MANY OF THEM TO THEIR OWN LONG SENTENCES IN SAN QUENTIN. THROUGH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES TO FUTURE INCARCERATION, THE SQUIRES EDUCATE THE JUVENILES CONCERNING THE NATURE OF LIFE IN SAN QUENTIN AND EMPHASIZE THAT SENTENCE TO SUCH A PRISON IS THE UNAVOIDABLE END-PRODUCT OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT. THE FILM SHOWS THE CHANGES IN ATTITUDES THAT OCCUR IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE 3-WEEKEND WORKSHOPS, THE CONFRONTATIONS AND EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS, AND DISCUSSIONS OF THE POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE THE INMATES WISHED THEY HAD SELECTED. PRISON VIOLENCE AND HOMOSEXUALITY ARE UNDERSCORED.