So Young, So Bad

At the Elmview Corrective School for Girls, the facility's warden, Mr. Riggs (Cecil Clovelly), abuses prisoners and justifies his actions as strict discipline. Dr. John H. Jason (Paul Henreid), the school's head psychologist, and Ruth Levering (Catherine McLeod), an assistant, view Riggs' actions as unethical, and believe he's driving the prisoners further toward delinquency. They're proven correct when several girls at the school attempt an escape.