Thomas Silverstein

Quick Facts

Full Name	Thomas Silverstein
Occupation	Murderer
Date Of Birth	Feb 4, 1952(1952-02-04)
Age	72
Date Of Death	2019-05-11
Birthplace	Long Beach
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Thomas Silverstein Biography

Thomas Silverstein is one of the most popular and richest Murderer who was born on February 4, 1952 in Long Beach, California, United States. Thomas Silverstein was born in Long Beach, California, to Virginia Conway. Conway divorced her first husband in 1952 when she was expecting Silverstein and later married Thomas Conway, who Silverstein claimed to be the father of his child. A few years later, Virginia divorced Conway and got married to Sid Silverstein, who legally adopted her son.

The year was 1981. Silverstein has been charged with the murder Robert Chappelle, a member of the D.C. Blacks prison gang. Silverstein along with another prisoner, Clayton Fountain, were sentenced to prison and Silverstein was sentenced to a life sentence. Silverstein kept his innocence. When Silverstein was being tried for murdering Chappelle The Bureau of Prisons transferred Raymond “Cadillac” Smith, the chief of the national gang, the D.C. The Blacks prison band, who was in another prison to Control Unit Marion. Since the time Smith entered the control room, the prison records indicate that he attempted to murder Silverstein.

During the 1987 Atlanta Prison Riots, Cuban detainees at the Atlanta federal penitentiary released Silverstein from his isolation cell. They handed Silverstein over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Hostage Rescue Team one week later. Bureau of Prisons officials were reportedly afraid that Silverstein would begin killing correctional officers held hostage by the Cubans. Before the Cubans released Silverstein to Bureau of Prisons, the Cubans let Silverstein out of his isolation cell and Silverstein was able to roam freely about the prison. One of the prison guards being held hostage had a history of being kind to Silverstein. (When the guard would handcuff Silverstein he would make it a point to ask Silverstein if his handcuffs were too tight). He was confronted by Silverstein and was ultimately spared by him. Bureau of Prisons negotiators were able to convince the Cuban riot leaders to hand over Silverstein as a gesture of good faith, a relatively easy decision for them, given that Silverstein’s status was peripheral to the aims of the Cuban leaders during the riot.

USP Marion was subsequently placed on an indefinite lockdown, which ultimately lasted for 23 years. Following the murder of Clutts, Silverstein was transferred to the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, where he was placed in solitary confinement. His security status was recorded as “no human contact.” The events surrounding the murders of Correction Officers Clutts and Hoffmann inspired the design of the federal supermax prison, the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX (USP Florence ADX) in Colorado, which opened in 1994 and was built to house the most dangerous inmates in the federal prison system. Silverstein and Gometz were both held at ADX Florence. Fountain died at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri in 2004.

At Leavenworth, Silverstein developed ties with the Aryan Brotherhood. In the year 1980, Silverstein was convicted of the murder of an inmate Danny Atwell, who reportedly did not want to be an mule for heroin as it was being transferred from the prison. He was sentenced to the death penalty without parole, and was sent to United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois (USP Marion) at the time, which was classified as a secure facility. The verdict was reversed in 1985, after it was discovered that the prisonhouse informants who testified in the trial had made up their own lies in the courtroom.

Thomas Silverstein Net Worth

Thomas Silverstein is one of the richest Murderer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thomas Silverstein 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Thomas Edward Silverstein (February 4 1952 – May 11 2019,) was an American criminal who served the remaining forty-two years in jail following being found guilty of four murders during his time being held for armed robbery, the first of them was later overturned. Silverstein spent the final thirty-six years of his life in solitary confinement after murdering Corrections officer Merle Clutts in the Marion Penitentiary in Illinois. Prison officials have described him as a violent killer and ex-leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison group. Silverstein claimed that the dehumanizing conditions in the prison system played a role in the three murders that he committed. He was confined “in a specially designed cell” in the so-called “Range 13” at ADX Florence federal penitentiary in Colorado. He was the longest-held prisoner isolation confinement in the Bureau of Prisons at the time of his death.

In 1971, when he was of nineteen years, Silverstein was sent to San Quentin Prison in California for an armed burglary. A few years later Silverstein was released however, he was taken into custody shortly after, together with his father, Thomas Conway, and his cousin, Gerald Hoff, for three violent burglaries. Their sum was not more than $11,000. The year 1977 was the time that Silverstein got sentenced 15 years in prison for the armed robbery. The sentence was to be executed at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas.

On October 22, 1983, Silverstein killed Correction Officer Merle Clutts at USP Marion. After being let out of his cell for a shower, Silverstein used a ruse to get Clutts to walk ahead of him and positioned himself between Clutts and other officers. He stopped outside the cell of another inmate, Randy Gometz. Gometz passed a homemade prison knife, known as a shank, to Silverstein and unlocked Silverstein’s handcuffs with a homemade key. Silverstein then attacked Clutts, stabbing him several dozen times. Silverstein later claimed that he murdered Clutts in retaliation for Clutts’ deliberately harassing him. Among other things, Clutts was accused of destroying paintings by Silverstein.

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Facts & Trivia

Thomas Ranked on the list of most popular Murderer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Thomas Silverstein celebrates birthday on February 4 of every year.

Who is the most violent prisoner in America?

Tommy Silverstein
Victims| 3–4
Span of crimes| 1980–1983

Is Thomas Silverstein still alive?

May 11, 2019

Who is the oldest living prisoner?

Released in 2011 at the age of 108, Brij Bihari Pandey is the oldest prisoner ever in the world. Although Pandey technically only served a two-year sentence, he has been in jail since 1987 after he was arrested for the murder of four people.

Who is the longest-serving inmate?

60–69 years. Paul Geidel Jr. Longest-serving prison inmate in the United States whose sentence ended in release.

Who is the Most feared prisoner?

When prisoner Thomas Silverstein died at the age of 67 in a Colorado hospital, it marked the end of one of the longest stays in solitary confinement ever in the USA. Silverstein, who had earned the nickname “Terrible Tommy” while behind bars, had been serving a life sentence without chance of parole.