Worst of the Worst is a documentary created by Yale Law School’s Visual Law Project that paints a vivid and disturbing picture of solitary confinement in Connecticut state prisons. The movie includes narratives from people who have directly experienced the devastating impacts of solitary confinement, in addition to correctional officers and human rights advocates.

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. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/41050642 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.

On February 4th, 2021, Disability Rights Connecticut sued DOC Commissioner Angel Quiros for enabling the physical and psychological abuse described in the documentary. Read a summary of the lawsuit here and the full complaint here.