Teenage fuck-up Johnny Salinas knows a lot about pain. Watching friends commit suicide, or get shot by rival gangs, or getting raped in Youth Authority has really twisted this young boy's mind, transforming him into a different type of criminal altogether. By the time he gets to big-boy prison, he's accused of killing a prison guard, and brutally beaten to get him to confess. Inhuman brutality at the hands of the guards turns this prisoner into something dark, demonic, and incredibly dangerous: The terrorist known only as KTR.