Release is a 2010 British film starring Daniel Brocklebank, Garry Summers, Bernie Hodges and Wayne Virgo.
Father Jack Gillie enters prison a guilty man, convicted for a crime that sees the Church abandon him, his congregation desert him and his faith challenged.
Protection comes in the unlikely form of a prison officer, Martin with whom Jack falls in love and together they embark on a dangerous and illicit affair behind cell doors.
Prison gang leader Max, however has ulterior objections and sets about ruining this relationship and manipulates the Governess, Heather, into suspending Martin for misconduct after disclosing the affair.
[1] Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times described Release as "a predictable yet poetic reflection on faith, hypocrisy and the weight of conscience".