The first prison reform group in the world began meeting at the home of Benjamin Franklin in 1787. How far has prison reform progressed in 220 years? Why do we now use solitary confinement as a punishment, when it was determined to be a form of psychological torture? This feature-length documentary addresses these questions through the stories of some of the last people to live and work at Eastern State Penitentiary, the world's first prison designed to reform rather than punish criminals using solitary confinement as the cornerstone of its system of rehabilitation. The film explores the conflicting goals of punishment and reform, and how they continue to be at odds in our modern day prison system.