State of Separation

Story follows Nadeem in the near future where he is being held prisoner at Camp X along with other immigrants. Nadeem get's caught with a picture of his wife Farrah and get's punished by getting his head shaved and bullied in front of the other prisoners. Cole a new prisoner joins Camp X and is bunked in with Nadeem. The guards pick on Cole and bully him the most so Nadeem decides to step in get tortured and be put in a cell by himself for some time. Cole realizes how Nadeem stood up for him even though they haven't talked much. A friendship is formed once Nadeem is returned to his original cell with Cole. After days of talking and discovering the similarities between them they decide that they can't stay in this camp forever and have the thought of escaping.