InthewakeofaSupremeCourtdecisiontooutlawthedeathpenalty,CaliforniapassesaninitiativethatdesignatesSanBrunoislandasadumpingspotforfirst-degreemurderconvicts,freetodowhattheylikeexceptleave.ThemaincampofconvictsiscontrolledbythetyrannicalBobby,whoruleswithanironhand,andthewomenareusedassexslaves.A.J.andagroupofmorefree-mindedmurderershaveescapedandgoneintohiding.WhenA.J.andhismenliberatethewomenfromBobby'scustody,tensionsmounttoanall-outconfrontationforcontroloftheisland.