Happily married Rochelle Dunphy is devastated when her husband is caught robbing a bank and sentenced to prison along with her sister Lorraine's husband Artie. Lorraine however thinks the sentence of 8 years is not long enough.

The girls visit their husbands.

Lorraine gets fired at the Bargain Circus, after refusing to let her seedy manager, Elroy feel her up. Rochelle hosts a meeting of the ""Prison Wives."" Lorraine refuses to work and when the situation is brought up at the meeting; Rochelle is forced for the first time in her life to find a job. Meanwhile, Adrienne's husband Stewart, sues on behalf of Lorraine, but by the time she gets her job back, she has a new boss... Rochelle.

Rochelle begins her tenure as Lorraine's boss at the Bargain Circus, yet her fancy car gets stolen from the parking lot. Upon further investigation it is discovered that, it was not stolen, but was repossessed. The girls must now rely on Lorraine's Harley. When the girls visit their husbands at the prison, Artie is attempting therapy. When he hears the car was stolen, he ditches the therapy and admits to stashing $5,000 in the spare tire. The girls then feverishly attempt to find the owner of the car, who turns out to be Adrienne. When they recapture the money they face a moral dilemma as to whether or not to return it.

A prowler spooks Lorraine and Rochelle.