A young delinquent named Frankie gets arrested for statutory rape after being caught in flagrante with a fifteen-year-old girl in the back seat of his car.
To release the tension his presence builds up in the correctional facility, Frankie is put on gardening duty in the warden living quarters.
While gardening, Frankie meets the warden's daughter, Margaret, and they fall in love with each other.
When the warden learns about Frankie's relation with his daughter he moves him to another position, as chauffeur outside the prison walls.
As a fugitive, Frankie goes to Margaret, but she convinces him to turn himself in, promising to wait for him until he is properly released and a free man.