Opening shot is a portrait of an current inmate, talking about the personal choices he made, and how he ended up in San Quentin. He is talking to students, who are observing what it means to go to jail. Another shot opens to the exterior yard, with inmates and students talking, guards passing. Another scene opens to inmates and students practicing a warning routine, an inmate is describing what the alarm means. another scene opens with a close up shot of inmate walking besides a visiting student, talking about how inmates have nothing to do ‘zero!’.