More than 3000 prisoners are released back into South African society every month. Their criminal record denies them the opportunity of finding meaningful employment, thus further reducing chances for rehabilitation.
Many become the bone and marrow of the illicit drug trade, the main source of income for gangs and the root from where most other illegal and violent crime stem.
The only legal way for ordinary citizens to fight these crimes, is by volunteering in Neighborhood Watch structures regulated by the the South African Police Service.
Over the last few years a number of neighborhood watch volunteers have been killed during retaliation attacks.
With every violent confrontation, tension within the communities escalates.
This film explores the stark contrasting realities of a communties’ struggle againts crime and the life choices of previously convicted prisoners surviving in the criminal underworld.