Notorious gangbanger Baby D. considers herself to be prison "Top Dog" and sets her sights on Krystal from a rival gang; Vanessa, eight months pregnant and addicted to heroin, is desperate to secure a place on a drug rehabilitation program.
Transgender inmate Franklin, the resident prison ladies' man, falls for a fellow jailbird; Baby D. continues to throw her weight around, while tensions rise between her and a group of new inmates.
Missy receives cash from a sugar daddy who visits each week, but must decide whether she's able to give up a life of money and drugs in order to get her kids back; the romance between transgender Franklin and a fellow inmate continues to blossom.
Charged with the murder of her ex-boyfriend, educated phlebotomist Julia must learn to navigate jail and contemplate the possibility of life behind bars; Missy's lawyer reveals that she's looking at up to 20 years.