De jaren '90: de lichamen van twee gevangen worden begraven. Ze hebben 65 jaar onschuldig vast gezeten nadat ze er in geluisd waren door een sheriff. Via flashbacks zien we hoe het aparte duo Ray en Claude samen gekomen zijn, en wat ze in die 65 jaar allemaal mee hebben gemaakt.

A quest for redemption is unfolding in Washington, D.C. Thanks to forward-looking “Second Chance” legislation, three men who were sentenced in their youth to life in prison have the chance to plead for release.

SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by Academy Award®-winner Forest Whitaker, the film takes viewers inside Louisiana's maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is more than 90 years.