A 24-hour open-air drug market on the notorious junction of West Fayette and Monroe Streets in Baltimore fuels the local economy of a collapsing neighbourhood. Simon and Burns examine the sinister realities of inner cities throughout the USA and unflinchingly evaluate why law enforcement policies, moral crusades, and the welfare system have achieved so little through the eyes of one broken family?two drug-addicted adults and their smart, vulnerable fifteen-year-old son, DeAndre McCollough.