Rock and a Hard Place

A Boot Camp Program Granting Incarcerated Young Men a Second Chance

An unprecedented and enlightening look inside a youth-prison boot camp, ROCK AND A HARD PLACE focuses on the lives of a diverse group of incarcerated young people in Florida, each of whom are granted a second chance: the opportunity to trade an extensive prison sentence for a fresh start by completing the famed Miami-Dade County Corrections & Rehabilitation Department Boot Camp Program.

This one-of-a-kind, 16-week program, which resembles military training and includes several challenging phases, reports a recidivism rate of less than 15%, while the national rate of prison recidivism is approximately 70%.

Featuring appearances by Dwayne Johnson at the facility as a new "platoon" arrives and at their graduation reception at the end of the camp, the film chronicles a harsh, uncompromising process in which drill sergeants push inmates to their limits, encouraging them to learn from past mistakes and become constructive members of society - who are substantially less likely to return to prison.

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