The Worst of the Worst: Portrait of a Supermax Prison depicts Connecticut’s sole supermax prison, where many inmates are held in solitary confinement for months and even years at a time. Hard-hitting interviews with a range of experts and administrators are interwoven with the powerful stories of those who spend their days within the walls of Northern: inmates and correctional officers.
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Directors, Producers, Editors: Jane Cooper, Valarie Kaur, Ally Lamb, Aseem Mehta, Eric Parrie, Sharat Raju, Ivy Wang
Support for the Yale Visual Law Project has been provided by the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund, the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, and the Vital Projects Fund.
The worst of the worst film. Where can I get a copy of the full film? Thank you
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