To Hannah the new prison regime is odd....very odd. It all started when her husband was murdered. His name was John and he was a detective in the police force. She is angry that some one they didn't know took his life and that she can never speak to, hold in her arms or talk to John again because of this one man's actions. She is also angry about how prisoners are treated. She knows the killer named Jem deserves to be punished but not in this way and not by her. The prisons in the country were being filled beyond control and new rulings were brought in that these prisoners should serve there terms of lockdown in the homes of their victims. The are locked in special "cells" which are in effect cages with a hatch through which food etc is passed between the inmate and the victimsm family. But it is left to Hannah to decide ...should the prisoner be treated with hate and contempt for what he has done or does time make her relent and show pity on the man who now lives in her home