Bare-Handed

The inmates believe they are strong. But they are not. Imam Meyer knows these inmates well, some of them are returning fighters, they went to Syria to join ISIS and then fled back to Germany. They all are Germans citizens, second or third generation's immigrants coming from Islamic countries: misfits, excluded, marginalized and fascinated by the words of the ISIS recruiters. Prisons always have been a fertile ground for the seeds of revenge, social redemption and hatred. Arne Dechow is a prison theatre director, his actors are young, full of energy, vulnerable teenagers ready to believe in the untouchable and to discover themselves lost. They are inmates of the Wiesbaden juvenile detention center. Most of them are of the Islamic faith, coming from disadvantaged areas.