Case #1988 tells the story of Justin, who is sent to a mysterious "one-cell" prison for the remainder of his life. There, he is watched over by two guards hellbent on keeping him imprisoned. Seven years later, a strange faceless lawyer comes to the prison, offering Justin a chance to be "freed". In order to do so, Justin must face his past and break the chains of the prison that binds his life and that he unintentionally helped create.