Parole, Inc.

FBI agent Richard Hendricks (Michael O'Shea) lies in a hospital bed, dictating the results of his investigation for a report to the California governor. In long flashback scenes, it is revealed that a number of dubious paroles granted to dangerous career criminals cause the governor and state attorney general to suspect corruption with the state prison parole board. Hendricks goes undercover as "Rick Carson" to portray an ex-convict attempting to buy a parole for a criminal partner currently in jail. He infiltrates the gang of a recent dubious parolee, strong-arm Harry Palmer (Charles Bradstreet), and asks him how to purchase a parole. Two thousand dollars is the price, which "Carson" pretends to get through a phony stickup to get the ball rolling. The perpetrators of the scandal are secretive and willing to take extreme measures to prevent their exposure.