In a near-future correctional facility, an innocent inmate endures the calculated attentions of a poised and commanding guard. Routine inspections and supervised encounters gradually give way to a more intimate form of oversight, where authority is exercised with both severity and unexpected gentleness. As these regulated meetings continue, the prisoner’s sense of self becomes increasingly entwined with the guard’s unyielding yet strangely attentive presence, leaving her emotions and body equally vulnerable.