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re: Thomas Silverstein has been in solitary confinement with the lights on since 1983

Posted on 3/27/18 at 8:29 am to
Posted by p&g
Dixie
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Posted on 3/27/18 at 8:29 am to
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Posted by LSU82BILL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Sep 2006
10334 posts
Posted on 3/27/18 at 8:35 am to
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I think he was on an Episode of Duck Dynasty once


Nah,.....that's really Eustace from Mountain Men.
This post was edited on 3/27/18 at 8:36 am
Posted by BillBrosky
Your wife's back door
Member since Mar 2012
2727 posts
Posted on 3/27/18 at 8:44 am to
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That is not how you cook a Jew.


Of course not. You need a 400 watt UVA bulb. Verstehen?
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:51 am to
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Let me shed a tear for the criminal that’s killed guards while incarcerated


Guards who get killed are generally a POS who treat the prisoners as inhuman. Or they were dirty and working with prisoners smuggling in drugs or something.... Either way they're pretty much on the same level as the prisoner, they just were smart enough not to get arrested. I have about as much sympathy for them as the prisoners.

If a good guard gets killed then even other inmates will speak out that they shouldn't have been killed. In those cases its sad.
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 3/27/18 at 9:58 am to
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They told him they would let him out as soon as the O’s won another World Series. I bet he hates Jeffry Maher as much as anyone.


Probably has no idea who wins the world series any year or anything going on in the outside world. Even if guards tell him, he has no way to confirm the truth. The TV's they get in solitary aren't the ones the GP gets, they're closed circuit, black and white, and only play educational and religious programs.... Probably hard for him to even tell what time of year it is through a 4 inch slit window that probably faces a wall or something anyway.

I bet if any guards told him Donald Trump was president he would think they were fricking with him since he's been in solitary since the 80s. Probably don't give him newspapers either.
Posted by Big Balls
Texas
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:27 pm to
The picture of him is obviously taken after several years in. I wonder how they got him to pose for a picture and smile.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
20518 posts
Posted on 3/27/18 at 12:44 pm to
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Guards who get killed are generally a POS who treat the prisoners as inhuman. Or they were dirty and working with prisoners smuggling in drugs or something.... Either way they're pretty much on the same level as the prisoner, they just were smart enough not to get arrested. I have about as much sympathy for them as the prisoners.

If a good guard gets killed then even other inmates will speak out that they shouldn't have been killed. In those cases its sad.


While I would generally agree with you, Silverstein also killed another inmate a few years prior to that and there was a 2nd guard killed the same day he killed a guard. So it was clearly orchestrated.

Dude's killed 2 people IN prison. Both were stabbed dozens of times.

I'm not sure where else you keep a guy like that outside of solitary. I'm pretty sure I read when he killed the guard, he was basically in Solitary confinement moving around the prison and was passed a shank from another inmate.
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 8:39 pm to
The other inmate that he killed was the leader of a black gang that was actively trying to kill him with multiple attempts already. The guards knew it was happening and wanted one of them to kill the other. Kill or be killed, what would you do?
This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 8:40 pm
Posted by Amadeo
Member since Jan 2004
4824 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 9:07 pm to
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The other inmate that he killed was the leader of a black gang that was actively trying to kill him with multiple attempts already.

After killing him he dragged the body up and down the catwalk in front of the cells, displaying it to other prisoners for full psychological impact.

Dude has god-like status to white inmates through out the U.S. penal system.
Posted by castorinho
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/28/18 at 9:19 pm to
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If they'd pipe in Adele music 24/7 he'd kill himself.
helli from the dark siiiide
Posted by novabill
Crossville, TN
Member since Sep 2005
10456 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 9:22 pm to
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I don’t think non humans get rights?


Now you are wanting to define human?
Very slippery slope. All we need to do is declare someone as inhuman to be justified in removing their rights.

Maybe one day someone will redefine you.
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
35459 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 9:23 pm to
Should pipe in “my heart will go on” on continuous loop too so he can’t hear the tv
Posted by tiggah1981
Winterfell
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 3/28/18 at 9:41 pm to
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After killing him he dragged the body up and down the catwalk in front of the cells, displaying it to other prisoners for full psychological impact.


Him and his buddy Clayton Fountain were some bad mofo's...only reason Clayton went off that day was because he wanted a higher blood count.

Some of these guards who cross the lines with how they treat inmates are pretty much asking for it..not saying all, but there are some who abuse the shite out of their powers and think they are invincible...

i was detainee guard in Iraq and theres no fricking way I'd ever take up that career in my life...never.
Posted by Black n Gold
Member since Feb 2009
15409 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 9:49 pm to
Dads everywhere are yelling at those guards to "turn the damn lights off."
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:27 pm to
sounds like cruel and unusual punishment
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 1:04 am to
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quote: Silverstein claims that "no human contact” status is essentially a form of torture reserved for those who kill correctional officers. "When an inmate kills a guard, he must be punished," a Bureau of Prisons official told author Pete Earley. "We can’t execute Silverstein, so we have no choice but to make his life a living hell. Otherwise other inmates will kill guards too. There has to be some supreme punishment. Every convict knows what Silverstein is going through. We want them to realize that if they cross the same line that he did, they will pay a heavy price."[4]


Wow, frick this guy (Corrections scum)

People shouldn't be imprisoned at all. I don't blame anyone for fighting his/her captors.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - if there was a magic button to release all prisoners while providing for their reintegration into a new voluntary anarchic society, I would press it in a heartbeat.
This post was edited on 3/29/18 at 1:27 am
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
30289 posts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 2:06 am to
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Just put on The Last Jedi on a never ending loop and he'll hang himself.


I’m trying to get the joke. I guess that’s considered the worst Star Wars movie?
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
29227 posts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 3:12 am to
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People shouldn't be imprisoned at all. I don't blame anyone for fighting his/her captors. I've said it before and I'll say it again - if there was a magic button to release all prisoners while providing for their reintegration into a new voluntary anarchic society, I would press it in a heartbeat.



Go on, I’m intrigued...
Posted by ShootTheDrakes
natty state
Member since Aug 2017
36 posts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:38 am to
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All those prison fights and what not, that's all in low security prisons with like marijuana dealers and petty crimes that are repeated. Those are not murderers and rapists that are in those prison fight videos.
This is pretty inaccurate actually.
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
14861 posts
Posted on 3/30/18 at 1:43 am to
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Go on, I’m intrigued...


I'm not going to claim to be some great original thinker. My ideas are all very old and well-established. Just google libertarian/individualist anarchism, voluntarism, sovereign citizens, etc.
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