Kate Jackson is hot, and hard as nails. She knows she will have to be tough to survive as an inmate in a gritty co-ed prison. Perry King is a bitter man, jailed after being framed and betrayed by business associates.
The cold and heartless routine of prison life breed fear and mistrust. The chance of romance is doubtful, even dangerous.
Tony Curtis performance as a small-time hood and an excellent performance by Shirley Jones rounds out an all star cast in this story of love behind bars.

This ABC TV movie is set in an experimental coed prison, presided over by progressive warden E.F. Crown (Shirley Jones). The wisdom of incarcerating men and women together is placed in doubt when white-collar criminal Roy Matson (Perry King) falls in love with hard-boiled, streetwise Jane Mount (Kate Jackson). In addition to Shirley Jones, Tony Curtis pulls special guest star duty as Flanagan, a two-bit hoodlum who aspires to "class." Inmates: A Love Story debuted on February 13, 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide