It's not the perfect job for an idealistic young psychologist, but with the right-wing revolution in power in Britain, Steve Russell is grateful for a post as Penal Education Officer. His clients are what you would expect: a mix of the criminal and the unfortunate, with attitudes ranging from dumb defiance to vicious belligerence. So when a girl with a smile is next on the list, he doesn't know what to make of her - but he is determined to keep her out of the clutches of Jeff Couzins, the thuggish prison guard. His act of impulsive kindness, however, leads him ever deeper into a strange new world which he has never before experienced - and just when he thinks he has lost the girl of his dreams, he finds her waiting for him at the organ