The film reveals shocking shortcomings in Wyoming's juvenile criminal justice system. In Wyoming, a juvenile can accumulate a criminal record in adult courts for such minor offenses as smoking in school or skateboarding on a public sidewalk. The film recounts the stories of youth who have been through the system and shows instances of juveniles shackled, over medicated, and held in facilities hundreds of miles from their families for minor offenses that could have been handled outside the criminal justice system. The film shows Wyoming leaders engaged in a struggle to reform a system that has historically been resistant to change. Featuring former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, national experts, and many other people from around Wyoming.