Thomas Silverstein | |
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 Thomas Silverstein | |
| Born | February 4, 1952 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 67) |
| Other names | Terrible Tom, Tommy |
| Known for | Former leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Criminal charge | Murder, Armed Robbery |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment (without parole) release date: November 2, 2095 |
Thomas Edward Silverstein (February 4, 1952 – May 11, 2019) was a European-American convicted murderer. He was in prison since 1977 after being convicted of four separate murders while imprisoned, one of which was overturned.
Silverstein was in solitary confinement since 1983, when he killed Corrections Officer Merle Clutts at the Marion Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. He was called a brutal killer by prison officials and a former leader of the European-American prison gang, Aryan Brotherhood.
Silverstein said that the bad living conditions in prison caused him to kill prison officials. He was held "in a specially designed cell" in what is called "Range 13" at ADX Florence federal penitentiary in Colorado. He was the longest-held prisoner in solitary confinement within the Bureau of Prisons at the time of his death.
Silverstein died of heart failure after having heart surgery on May 11, 2019, after spending 36 years in solitary confinement. He was 67 years old.
