From the trauma of the Iraq war to homelessness on the streets of the Detroit, and ultimately jail; Mattie Tate comes to represent a cruel social injustice. With the aid of a pro bono attorney and an investigative reporter, Mattie's plight of prisons warehousing of the mentally ill is revealed to the citizens of Detroit. They fight an unforgiving system, and in doing so their lives are changed forever.
From the trauma of the Iraq war to homelessness on the streets of the Detroit, and ultimately jail; Mattie Tate comes to represent a cruel social injustice. With the aid of a pro bono attorney and an investigative reporter, Mattie's plight of prisons warehousing of the mentally ill is revealed to the citizens of Detroit. They fight an unforgiving system, and in doing so their lives are changed forever.