Why Was This Prisoner Kept Locked Away In Permanent TOTAL Isolation

Being isolated and completely alone even for a few days can eat away at a person, but what about being isolated for decades. In today's video we look at the isolated life of Tommy Silverstein, a dangerous prisoner who lived his life in total solitary confinement.
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who actually spent most time in solitary confinement 00:00
in prison since 1977 0:35
america's most dangerous prisoner 0:55
specially designed solitary cell 1:15
how Thomas Silverstein got raised 2:15
Silverstein, his father and his uncle get arrested 3:01
the prison guards let it happen 4:50
He got transferred to a different prison where he committed more crimes 6:15
no human contact for Tommy 6:40
Silverstein writes a blog 8:05
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[@TheInfographicsShow]

Should he have been given an option to take the death penalty?

[@debbiehf05]

No because that is the easy way out. He did a bad deed, so it would be more of a punishment to stay locked up. And he definitely deserves the worst punishments.

[@RelaxwithSeizure]

He's already dead, do some research. Died almost two months ago.

[@donjangabriel736]

Yes

[@Mydogismarley]

Relax with Seizure they mean before he died

[@kauan5684]

Relax with Seizure yeah a simple google search would of shown he died may 11th

[@williamvii7378]

He's already dead he died on May 11, 2019. He was 67 years old when he died.

[@Anastasia-eu5mj]

Well oof he died on my dads birthday o-o

[@lakera6860]

@@Anastasia-eu5mj that's my mom's birthday too and a day before mine

[@Anastasia-eu5mj]

@LaKera Like, you’re celebrating and this dude is dying and u don’t even know -0-

[@Deadbass_]

@Nadeem Mostafa google

[@doyouseeafloatingsandwich4301]

@@Anastasia-eu5mj but can we talk about your username? 🤔

[@doodlium2093]

Man: starts eating brains His mom: It's cuz of that fricking Phone

[@starrysky3912]

That made me laugh

[@doodlium2093]

Starry Sky Well thank you

[@aarona7025]

Trump: No, it's because of violence in video games.

[@doodlium2093]

@@aarona7025 Sounds like something he would say

[@mansfieldtigers1]

Ok boomer!

[@whatsdrugs]

"His biological father and also his uncle" sounded really bad until I looked back at the screen and realized it was two separate people 🤣.

[@adrianjezierski8093]

Alabama intensifies

[@whatsdrugs]

@@adrianjezierski8093 *Plays Banjo* Riga ding ding ding ding 😂

[@riichobamin7612]

😂😂👍

[@Weirdiohw]

Yellow Penguin wh

[@valkalin2]

rip

[@maeglo4007]

Dam 2 life sentences double life less gooo

[@kittenmimi5326]

Why are you confused lol

[@dakotadirig7562]

@@kittenmimi5326 because, adding one life sentence on top of another one is useless, as he will never live to see the 2nd life sentence, hence the name "life sentence"

[@kittenmimi5326]

@@dakotadirig7562 coz with 1 life sentence after some years the prisoner could be eligible for parole so they get released early, but with 2 or more maybe it takes much longer for them to be eligible for parole or they might not be able to get a chance at all. But this person probably should never get one anyway.

[@dakotadirig7562]

@@kittenmimi5326 aw, thanks

[@kennethwells3536]

He should have been given the death sentences by then.

[@acnoah410]

It all started with the bullying....

[@ludmilasierra2508]

Yup

[@kentoooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

AGREED

[@Anthony-nb1xw]

Just Noah no it all starts with people victimizing killers. It is easy to be a killer when society says it isn’t your fault.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

lil T No one says it wasn't his fault he killed people - we're talking about the conditions that help create the kind of person who do these things! And yes, bullying is part of it! That doesn't mean he's innocent of the crimes he did......

[@justacommonegg3714]

@@gorillaguerillaDK He literally killed 3 prisioners and who knows many guards, I dont think bullying was the main reason to commit those type of things.

[@zuko1569]

1:03 Death -Note- Wall. He's dangerous He should play Minecraft single player mode. Mining alone is true isolation.

[@jeremydiaz9642]

*_Are you the new Justin Y?_*

[@melianawd4519]

Why do I keep seeing you everywhere?

[@Guest-lr3eu]

He's dead

[@solarmist-1835]

I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE

[@pratyush_t]

@@jeremydiaz9642 might be!😂

[@lilraybakes5539]

Prison guards should have body cams like police. They absolutely need to be held accountable. At the same time it helps their innocence if they aren't in the wrong.

[@teclishighelf5787]

In an article he wrote a few years ago, Silverstein called solitary confinement "a slow constant peeling of the skin, stripping of the flesh, the nerve-wracking sound of water dripping from a leaky faucet in the still of the night while you're trying to sleep. Drip, drip, drip, the minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, constantly drip away with no end or relief in sight." This is what life in Canada is like.

[@shaelovebeyonce144]

🤣😂

[@millennialdisposition]

Lol Ontario is pretty fun, where are you from

[@behaviorhandwritingrevealt3949]

Is it really that bad, eh?

[@thejaydenandwilliamshow7769]

r/roastingcanadafornoreason (that better be a real subreddit)

[@joshchung2178]

What about Niagara Falls?

[@bazookacantgame]

Don't know about you all but I'd much rather be executed then spend 40-50 it years rotting away in a prison cell

[@deadpicklechinahboi4777]

Same, that really messes with you

[@Xlr8t]

Remember they are trying to punish him! So they would do something messed up obviously

[@avkn.flames7346]

Me too.

[@balazss7178]

Tortureing was the idea the whole time

[@Rob-uc8zr]

easy to say until you're actually facing death

[@hubbabubba1275]

Bro imagine being that guy but was wrongly accused

[@robertorodriguez9878]

Rip

[@kone2355]

Sad

[@-hitman-9103]

Yikes

[@swy334]

Not possible. Maybe after the first charge but not after many murders on different occasions. But I guess you're joking?

[@Chris-wq3rw]

@@swy334 'imagine'

[@st6084]

When you listen you can hear the "narrator" talking about horrible things then you just hear the cheerful music playing in the background

[@lewisthomas2132]

Juxtaposition bro :D

[@Yourlocalintern]

Silverstein: I am the most isolated prisoner Yoshie: Hold my miso soup.

[@currysues]

Yoshie Shiratori?

[@Nacho-pw1qx]

@@currysues look him up, dude escaped 4 prisons

[@vKillingMoon3124]

Nacho that’s true he escaped prison and his last escape was underground LoL

[@thejaydenandwilliamshow7769]

scurry_away he’s a dude who escaped prison 4 times Yes, you heard that right *4* times

[@smazelsp6423]

Yoshie: 味噌汁を握る

[@Donnyf3841]

The media is “prone to exaggeration at times” I’m sorry...AT TIMES??!!

[@arttukettunen5757]

Social media is almost more trustworthy than the press at this point

[@niles1492]

Are they really exaggerating him..... he's killed guards and inmates...

[@aprofessionalgamer5355]

Yeah dude, we are all dead in 12 years! CNN told me that, so it must be true!

[@zeejustin6]

when did cnn say this?

[@neilsiebenthal8696]

@@niles1492 he killed guards that where especially awful to him. Take a moment and think what they probably did to him. Then think if you would willingly keep letting it happen.

[@kitakizeinko8780]

I was about to say the system was biased towards him, but then I saw how he killed and stabbed ppl repeatedly without remorse, it's now clear why he was never released

[@thecarwithinternetaccess7952]

I’m so proud that you guys are anime. Respect.

[@erikburzinski8248]

Yes he should not be released as he is a danger to the prison and to the public. however they should give him a computer and a VR head set along with internet that why he chould socializ with people in vr maybe stopping him from going more insane this whould also stop his isulation from being absolute and whould in my opinion stop it from being a crime against humanity.

[@JohnSmith-qz6rd]

Automatically assuming the system is bias? Sounds reasonable....

[@JohnSmith-qz6rd]

@@erikburzinski8248 why do you care? He deserves it

[@erikburzinski8248]

@@JohnSmith-qz6rd NO ONE DESERVES TO BE TORTURED FOR LIFE NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID

[@JoocyPump]

"dude, you can't just leave me completely isolated from other people, it's barbaric!" - dude who violently stabs people whenever he gets the chance

[@maknyc1539]

he probably only killed people because he went insane in prison for so long

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@maknyc1539 Uhm, not really. He went to prison for armed robbery, then started killing people, then was isolated.

[@darkfox7952]

The only reason he killed those people was because he was terribly abused by his father and the people he killed were predators and child albusers

[@satoril928]

@@darkfox7952 you obviously didn't watch the video

[@CaptMorpheusZ]

@@satoril928 He never killed anyone untill he got into prison. Can't really say prison is the best for mental health.

[@eterah]

He died in May of 2019 just to let you all know so you don’t have to search it up

[@unicornsparkleswirl7564]

He died when he was 67,he stabbed an inmate 67 times

[@mandero6682]

friendly neighborhood pyro maniac. The hatred and rage the man held

[@michealarchangel637]

If he has a life sentence then prison is no longer their to rehabilitate him, its their to keep him away from society.

[@williamharrison787]

Exactly

[@peterb8904]

You assume US prisons wants them to be rehabilitated they want them to come back so they can get more money

[@zoeystewart2310]

@@peterb8904 Even if so, he murdered three people. There's no reason he should have gotten out if he was still alive.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

If you aren't gonna rehabilitate them death sentence otherwise it's just torture and making them worse and worse with ths added risk an already violent person tortured for decades escapes

[@dexieleighyan2625]

@@mondaysinsanity8193 true... violent and aggressive people paired with insanity are scary.

[@Jrez]

He's totally right, the US prison system is not in any sense meant for rehabilitation, but for pure retribution and profit.

[@handcraftedd4780]

Jrezky well when you fail to rehabilitate the first time (when he served 4 years) then commits 3 more robberies, then stabs 3 guards and some prisoners over 20 times there’s a high chance you’re not getting rehabilitated

[@nicholashodges201]

@@handcraftedd4780 in order for one to fail at rehabilitation, there needs to be an attempt to rehabilitate the individual first. Our system is not built to do that, and the visible shows at such are just that, shows. For example the prisoner education programs which focused on educational tracks that a felon would Never be able to use outside of prison (such as CPA, teaching & other 4yr programs), instead of blue collar technical schooling that are guaranteed paths to employment regardless of criminal history.

[@oakstrong1]

@@handcraftedd4780 Prisons are NOT REHABILITATION CENTRES, they are purely punitive in nature. A middle aged guy with a history much like this guy in the video, ( troubled childhood, armed robbery but nobody got hurt) was given bail and the probation office paid him to attend math, English and study skills classes, to get grades that would allow him further study. He was a likeable guy and we shared a table with him at lunch. Only one or two people knew he was wearing a tracker hidden by his trousers. But even though he was enthusiastic about learning, he struggled with the study and the pressure was mounting until it became too much: he ended up drinking one night and had a fight with the nightclub owner, threatened him with a knife. That's the version I got from a newspaper, he claims he felt threatened and was defending himself. Naturally, with his background he got the blame (whatever the truth is). If only he had the right support he might have pulled tbrough. I had a funny feeling I should have called to reassure him about study and help him not to drink, but his wife / girlfriend wasn't very receptive for him to have female friends, so I decided to wait for the following week when I would see him in the class. He never came and now he will start serving a 12 year sentence. The guy in video surely had mental health issues from the bullying and string of fathers, maybe lack of motherly love, but with therapy and supportive / positive environment he might have been able to turn his life around. Instead, what happened to him in prison was just a continuation of his childhood bullying to which he reacted the o my way he knew how; the way his mother had taught: an eye for an eye... Whatever this guy did, it was the society that failed him and for that he didn't deserve torture: long term isolation, deprivation of stimulus and lights on 24/7. And other forms of torture he indicated.

[@ZenuxProduction]

Claptrap Claptrap Actually those are prison rules

[@oakstrong1]

@@ZenuxProduction Yes, but that doesn't make them right, and too often the rules are broken or the rules of conduct are not followed. For example, bullying is not sanctioned in any institutions rules, buy it happens in all because of lack of monitoring and because institutions attract bullies. Plus all normal people are hard wired to behave like in the Stanford prison guard experiment. (There are other experiments to show the same behaviour of conformity in more gentle situations, like the surgery waiting room one)

[@thetropicaldream5933]

Not as isolated as Wilson... Wilson lost his friend at sea after falling of his raft while his friend was eventually found... unfortunately Wilson hasn't been seen since then.. still presumed to be alive.

[@zacharyvibbert7613]

Rip wilson ( maybe )

[@Piscuin99]

Are you talking about cast away???

[@yourusualsevagoth863]

@@Piscuin99 no he's talking about Wilson.

[@jimfincher1324]

He changed his name to Bob Ber and has floating ever since...lol...

[@jimfincher1324]

@stoopid I don't care who you are!!!!!.....that was funny AF!

[@Noctifern]

Imagine all of the sudden getting released after decades, it would seem like the world is futuristic, crazy

[@cleverlesstv7724]

In conclusion, a nice prison guard is a safe prison guard, even from the most violent prisoner

[@nwykoff]

in conclusion, you know nothing about real prison

[@a2pabmb2]

In conclusion, @@nwykoff touches little boys and will soon learn ALL about real prison.

[@chazozochan6966]

@@a2pabmb2 not nice :(

[@ryanelkadi3196]

a2pabmb2 how will he learn about real prison when he gets beaten up to death on his first day

[@chazozochan6966]

@@ryanelkadi3196 I would hug him

[@pugmygudboi]

Silverstein has been dead for a month... google says... says he died on may 11 Edit: wiki says that Colorado prisons told them he died of heart failure

[@xanny650]

😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@goatruso3198]

Nice.

[@josefstalin8417]

Hey wattup

[@dam.5470]

Are you a comunist? *Cuz I am*

[@Jordan-gz8yi]

Imagine he's still alive and his death is a ruse so everybody forgets about him

[@matthewmckever2312]

When I was 16 I did two and a half years. While there I did something called a good order and discipline which is 3 months isolation sleeping on a cardboard mattress on the floor waling up with mice, roaches and worse of all ants, I have a phobia of ants till this day. When I got out it took a week till I could speak properly. Isolation is inhumane I became a borderline sociopath. It's a miracle that I never went back.

[@essennagerry]

I wish you all the best and I hope that you truly have full and complete healing for everything you need it for! ❤ May God bless you. He healed me from all of my wrongdoings and all that was done wrongly to me.

[@rhem]

The guard that was nice to him is smart

[@brentedwards8949]

Hmmmmm I don't know what I was going to do if I had so much time alone in the prison especially in confinement.... And

[@XxXShevampXxX]

@Marios Bairaktarhs 🤣🤣

[@Ace_Kaard]

@Joseph_477 ?

[@deeznutsinyowael329]

Yeah So

[@mosquito4440]

@Marios Bairaktarhs 😂 haha 😂

[@larsonb33]

man i spent a week in solitary for a probation violation on a dui and i will tell you, i was hallucinating by the end. that type of punishment is in humain

[@mumunist2580]

“Aww hello son, let’s catch up!” *and rob a bank together*

[@aidynsbestyoutubemoments]

Lol GTA logic

[@russellbarbett997]

Some parents are the worst, and child pays the price.

[@soniagutierrezquiroz5596]

When you ask me, the kid should've been left off the hook because he was 7 years old when he was abandoned by his biological parents and found that military man. The kid right now is in his early 20s still in prison, but he needs to get out. Its not his fault that his "Adopted Dad" brainwashed him and told him to do those things.

[@josefherman9585]

They put a Jewish raised prisoner with a guard called Klutz? Of course it ended badly!

[@jaranis9273]

Josef Herman HAHAHAHAHA

[@rn-zu5ld]

At least it wasn't Herman gooering

[@ronnnmmm]

@siphosihle madondo germany

[@cbookins]

@siphosihle madondo the holocaust??

[@leahachase]

cbookins you’re not explaining it at all

[@United-Federation-of-Planets]

how far youtube has fallen every 10 seconds, 15 - 30 seconds of ads Thanks KZbin 👍

[@andrewsloman1985]

United Federation of Planets get KZbin red. It’s totally worth it. Never ever gonna be less ads

[@anakawyker1881]

I got no ad before the video or throughout the video whatsoever

[@prasmitdevkota4251]

They want you to get KZbin Premium.

[@AyushTH]

No ad for me

[@stefanblaga9986]

@@andrewsloman1985 imagine paying youtube JUST so you no longer pay ads. I'm guessing you're the kind of guy that would buy belle delphine's bath water.

[@randomcrap7682]

He died of a heart attack on may 11th 2019

[@sinthelord754]

Niko Bellic really?!

[@randomcrap7682]

Sincere Fisher yes

[@hittman_mike674]

C

[@destroyatron]

did you switch accounts 🤭

[@daerdevvyl4314]

dare devvyl Hi, daer devvyl!

[@Nik.No.K]

I appreciate you guys looking at both sides of this. On the one hand obviously something has to be done if you’re killing guards but on the other the kind of isolation he’s being put through is just torture plain and simple. In general US prisons lean far too much in the direction of punishment as opposed to rehabilitation and the results (our recidivism rate) speak for themselves. Of course why would prisons care about rehabilitation when they’re getting paid for every prisoner they have? That’s the root of the problem.

[@SinisterScoundrel6562]

Until there's that one man who destroys 3/4 of the United States with interconnected time bombs, and causes the casualties of a millions cuz he's too disgruntled from his prison stay.

[@ineednothin6373]

He was cruel. But if you see it in another light he killed people who threatened his life or were mean to him. He in a way was protecting himself.

[@bz.27k15]

i need nothin he killed prison guards

[@bluupython5216]

This is the ideology of a prison system, treat the prisoner horrible or unjustly, make their life more terrible

[@saherfarhan912]

No way there innocence and he murdered them cuz he wanted revenge

[@michaelklockner8539]

Treat prisoners like animals, they behave like animals. Treat prisoners like human beings and they behave like human beings. Ever wondered why german prisons were so chill?

[@sandeshpatil3785]

@@michaelklockner8539 why a person who commited horrible crime should be treated like human being anyway?

[@theredghostman9279]

Ironic he stabbed an officer 40 times and now has spent 40 years in isolation

[@thealmightygodfusionzamazu1874]

He died 11th may

[@almostdoesntcount6842]

Shouldve got time off!

[@resolvexi808]

He stabbed Cadillac 67 times and died at 67 too..

[@adriancrack8853]

That’s now how irony works...

[@ZerkeeNation]

It's not ironic it's coincidental

[@vladoslav1243]

Wait he was jewish and in gang called aryian brotherhood?

[@hateislove3947]

Nope. Did you watch the beginning. He got the nane by her mothers marriage. He ain't jewish.

[@56Tyskie]

Not like it hasn't happened before in history.

[@mytoesarecold5555]

B. W. - nope. 🤦🏻

[@b.w.8104]

@@mytoesarecold5555 hope you get a chance to find out.

[@stanbeard3557]

B. W. I believe they hate each other, and ruthless towards each other lol. I highly doubt it’s one sided

[@canwetalkaboutthat6117]

Bullying can change a person to have such hate in there hearts.

[@TheRick517]

in THEIR hearts! Jesus Christ!

[@2Turnt7126]

He sounds like Trevor from Grand Theft Auto 5

[@AprilA15]

hard Papiツ yeah lol 😂

[@LocalConArtist]

Absolutely

[@andrej4806]

I can't like it is on 69 likes

[@nekishajones6871]

Yeah he does 🤣💀

[@gatlunjohnson4368]

I fill like Trevor is based off this dude

[@chewjinghong]

Can you make a video about the bristling Robert “brain eater” maudsley that you mentioned in the beginning of this video? I’m interested to learn more about him!!

[@rebecca8866]

Same!

[@beruffakten3407]

Me 2, i wanna eat human brain too

[@spidervinny]

@@beruffakten3407 oh no bristling Robert!

[@E_Chap]

I just looked him up. Maudsley was sent to prison for murdering a man who showed him pictures of all the children he molested. While in prison, Maudsley lured another convicted child molester into his cell and murdered him too.

[@skatedonut952]

In Michigan we can’t have “super max” on correctional facility signs because the prisoners families get offended. They forget the prisoners have victims and there is a reason they are in a super max.

[@MechWarrior894]

Ah yes, the 'tough love' approach. Guess it's hard to imagine yourself on the other side of the bars.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

MechWarrior894 Yes, it is hard to imagine being in prison for a heinous crime. Because I don’t commit crimes. But I’m not sure what’s so “tough” about calling a prison supermax despite the offender’s families not liking it. If that’s as bad as it got, it wouldn’t be a deterrent against recidivism.

[@chris-lf7on]

Whats so offensive about "super max", two of the most positive words in the english language.

[@skatedonut952]

MechWarrior894 if not breaking the law is hard then there would be no laws. These “people” have victims. The way of the liberal left give the criminal more rights than the victims deserve. You’re a sheep.

[@lakelurker08]

This comment and reply thread in a nutshell 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@BenReillySpydr1962]

Honestly his mom's story is perhaps the most interesting to me imo🤔

[@unicornsparkleswirl7564]

😏

[@uqasa]

He lost his humanity. Had several chances and decided to continue the violence. I think solitary confinement is a ok but the beatings and sadistic expressions of the administrators and guards is part of the issue too. So he kinda got what he deserved and more.

[@elsielf]

yeah, that's true.

[@TheTrueLDS]

uqasa and where do you think he lost his humanity? He was a kid, ignorant and probably more idiotic than most, but he was still a kid. And what did jail do to him? Rehabilitate him to become a productive, peaceful member of society? No. It taught him that you have to fight and hurt others to get the few comforts of life. This was a broken kid, who wasn’t taught any better. But the system was what turned him into a vile human being.

[@Zombehnation1001]

Nobody chooses anything, you're conditioned by life to act how you do.

[@j.2667]

@@5licK5killz190 you're so mad that you liked your own reaction

[@ragnarokofborg]

@@TheTrueLDS > This was a broken kid, who wasn’t taught any better. But the system was what turned him into a vile human being. I haven't watched the video yet, but I wonder if this was (one of the) bases for the SVU episode "Solitary" (2009, 11x03)?

[@derrekluong6423]

Could have just put him in death sentence...

[@bobbysingh5666]

Derrek Luong yea I’m confused.

[@b1ff]

9:32 he couldn't be given the death penalty.

[@delcreme]

they didn't want to put him in a death sentence, that would just be ending his torture. they wanted to see him suffer.

[@dwaynechaps5690]

There's no comprehending the mental torture that this guy endured. Complete isolation for 37 years... Unbelievable!

[@nicolasjlorenzo]

Well if he wouldn’t have killed all those people he wouldn’t have been in solitary confinement 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@PuppyTheTiny]

He killed in prison but not outside That is questionable Is prison so bad that people turn mad? Maybe..

[@leelizardwilcox6271]

@@PuppyTheTiny He killed to further the REACH OF A PRISON GANG he killed to help a CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION

[@blizzbee]

Plot twist: All the script of this episode is written by... Tom

[@tesco_value_jew3852]

He was already dead

[@kodywolf9890]

r/woosh that's going on Reddit lol

[@mulder801]

well, idk, but stabbing people repeatedly is a pretty severe crime too

[@michaelnorris3628]

Especially 100 stab wounds between 2 people

[@leescott2069]

Informative, interesting and i really enjoy that thank you.

[@damnedcarrot]

The U.S.A really like to pick and choose which of their amendments are “sacred”. Cruel and unusual punishment is clearly not one of them.

[@zachcrawford5]

He was really sick and they wouldn't say what is wrong or let his family visit him. That seems really suspicious. What did they really do to him in there?

[@petarc8152]

Guards probably tortured him

[@YungEx_TheBest]

Petar C Definitely tortured him, especially up north in Illinois, it’s bad up there😕

[@elsielf]

welp I hope the guards die fast then

[@YungEx_TheBest]

Bleeart if you’re asking why he deserves it, he didn’t, it’s the thought process of an eye for an eye. If not then we’ll that’s your thought process

[@jokerthegoat8937]

Zach Crawford I don’t think the guards did anything to him, seems like isolation has just mentally destroyed him to the point where he is extremely unstable

[@peeeae]

He died on May 11, 2019 Edit: okay just realized someone else commented this. I didnt steal their answer I just looked it up so no hate plz

[@peeeae]

@Lilly yeah lol

[@dajay2k]

Thief

[@rejectfalseicons]

*hates*

[@ono7022]

So how’s everyone’s quarantine going lol 😂

[@aidynsbestyoutubemoments]

Miserable

[@spiko-ou3bp]

@@aidynsbestyoutubemoments it's literally been the best time of my life, i don't want to go back to normal 😂

[@crazycat55485]

I hope quarantine chokes on a bean burrito

[@squishytacticalnuke6991]

my quarantine ended a while ago

[@Chris-tx1je]

I was already in quarantine b4 this quarantine even started

[@jerrywbrice]

The animations of the cops are hilarious. Nice work!

[@Abby-up8yd]

Although Tom Silvertine did several horrendous acts, the cruel bullying, per say, up on him was equally horrendous and unjust. This, no matter what an inmate had done, will NOT allow them to become a better person, and based on Tom's stories, this shows that restoring the humanity in prisoners is not their goal

[@twanvanderdonk2504]

Bullying is more horrendous than over 100 stabs (total) done to victims? You realise that he was just stabbing a dead body at that point? Not sure about you, but I think people like that can never be allowed back in society.

[@kingofmystery1135]

He was bullied for being Jewish, when he was a KID. That kind of stuff messes with your head. The harassment from the guards only made it worse. He may have had the potential to be a normal person, but the way he was treated only made that light fade away. I can understand sending someone to prison for robbery, but when the guards act like some High school bully, instead of treating the inmates like a person, it will only make things worse.

[@getsinged7631]

@@kingofmystery1135 Just because he said the guards treated him that way, that doesn't necessarily mean it's true. History is written by the victor, and as the killer and not the killed, he is the only one who gets to tell a story. The people he murdered don't get to tell their side of the story, though official police investigations found that what he said was not true.

[@jimbojackson4045]

He killed 4 ppl & that's his punishment?! That doesn't sound fair. There's no way there isn't someone more deserving of that out there

[@mortonic2019]

True people that have done worse have got out in about 10 years

[@CheaterMega]

@Thomas Foley he died 7 months ago lol

[@CheaterMega]

@Thomas Foley agree

[@David16180]

Well he killed guards, and as we all know, a cops life is worth more than the lives of ordinary people.

[@YeshuaAgapao]

My dad worked his whole life at US BOP (bureau of prisons). Prison is for containment - keeping the criminals out of society. He mostly worked in medium security prisons.

[@MorreGaming]

Thats cool man

[@YeshuaAgapao]

@@dylanbutts1628 A containment doctrine can very well lead to additional criminalization because they are treated is incorrigible criminals that need to be locked away to begin with. Federal BOP there is rehab at minimum and low security and less rehab at medium security, but at high and max security, the doctrine is 100% containment (high may have some pre-release programs near end of sentence).

[@-izria-841]

This man went through quarantine but worse

[@ViolentKisses87]

Rehabilitate those you can, Execute those you can't.

[@WShoup9818]

It was like that back than but now everyone tries to give the lightest punishment possible to avoid being to cruel or being called inhumane.

[@picgmr1575]

The American penal system doesnt rehabilitate

[@picgmr1575]

@@gorgthesalty exactly

[@thraitor7819]

Dont execute full stop

[@potatopaced2353]

@@picgmr1575 Some prisons have programs for it

[@kevinconiglio4054]

Prison guard: *exists* Silverstein: I'm about to end this mans whole career

[@QuebecsMonster]

Do a podcast!!! You would have some really really interesting stories ik you tell them in the video but sometimes it's nice to listen while you are working or driving.

[@99SOUTHx]

Nice video

[@fanelex3189]

He cursed in a Christian Minecraft server that’s why he went to solitary confinement.

[@goodpeoplefound7940]

I heard he actually used the metric side of his ruler smh

[@kaassaus4230]

Does that exist?

[@Intifada1981]

😂

[@desireechaisson6004]

That's the worst crime ever

[@mr.personhumanson6871]

seems like the death penalty is more humane than this

[@alcoholic402]

Honestly

[@boredmad8484]

Agreed. Right to die with dignity.

[@trevorlane2869]

He doesn't deserve a humane death

[@gavinhicks546]

@@trevorlane2869 and that's up to you to decide? The prison system is meant to rehabilitate people so that they can re-enter society locking someone up for there entire life without seeing a single person for killing less than the common serial killer is just inhumane on many levels.

[@adojaekey1031]

@@gavinhicks546 no, the prison system is to ensure alleged offenders are brought to justice, and this is what he deserves

[@elijahj-l825]

These videos are always interesting🧐

[@dalewalkingjr4687]

ive made a full loop took like 13 videos and lots of time but so worth it

[@outofthenorm5087]

Although his crimes were quite heinous I feel that no single soul should have to go thorough what he did. That's inhumane man. Anyways... Have a great day everyone.

[@sosman64]

Same To You OwO

[@judocuh3064]

What he did and how he killed people was inhumane

[@dreadwolf4927]

@@judocuh3064 he only killed idiots, and they deserved it.

[@tjmodz5082]

@@dreadwolf4927 Thats not true you gonna believe a murderer over a complete investigation the guard did nothing wrong muppet

[@dreadwolf4927]

@@tjmodz5082 So naive.

[@zaneyrxnf]

Hey person scrolling through the comments U HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY!🧡

[@1eye1tear95]

Kids don't break the law your all joking about it now and probably don't got the guts to even ask a girl out but when your in in jail or juvie the guards will abuse and beat you the left side of my stomach is paralyzed now

[@Ok-cx4jw]

U too also guy above me u need to chill and grab a cold glass of water

[@rishi_1003]

@@1eye1tear95 Alright but what you smokin' ? Let me have some too

[@robinthrill3r7]

U too

[@frizzy9919]

Thanks cuz my dog that lived with us a long time while my mother was still studying so hes passed away today 👇plz like true story im so sad today

[@clarissamcpigeon7857]

The beginning of his story is EXACTLY like Charles Bronson. Bronson's first prison sentence was also for armed robbery (although he had a prior record for other crimes). He got seven years for that but it was his later conduct in prison which kept him inside for so long.

[@aradzanjanian9382]

this video was so educatinal I'm writing this on my new chromebook

[@thepurpleman119]

*he’s already dead he died on May 11, 2019. he was 67 years old when he died*

[@stan7715]

@Nadeem Mostafa it's called Google sir

[@atticus4112]

It was on may 11 not the 12th

[@haihai9022]

11*

[@blackrooster8063]

@Tim Burden Cool, you know how to steal comments.

[@matthew4134]

Are we not gonna talk about these poor people who got murdered sorry to there families

[@htoodoh5770]

yeah?

[@matthew4134]

Hi

[@aperson1115]

Their*

[@LunaLuna-cz7er]

That’s not the focus of the video.

[@MovieGuy666]

what poor people... other gang members and corrupt guards?

[@renispeja5709]

💯 keep it up

[@troytab3087]

Love the soundtrack

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

You know what else is a crime against humanity? The actual _crimes_ that they did that landed them there in the first place. Sure, occasionally an innocent person is wrongly convicted, but they don't usually end up murdering a bunch of people in prison and getting thrown in solitary. The ones that do are the ones that are guilty. ¬_¬

[@patrickholland901]

More than occasionally according to the Innocence project unfortunately!

[@misakayy1911]

"THE PENAL SYSTEM IS NEVER WRONG EVER" ok

[@TheWazzoGames]

@@misakayy1911 clearly not in this case

[@4ws_]

I disagree

[@elijahabuel]

why do we have to throw people behind bars and treat them like animals instead of help them recover from mental sicknesses. if you treat them like animals, they become animals. As soon as they do something bad we immediately forget that they're still human.

[@michaelnorris3628]

You mean like stab someone 60 times? How human.....

[@ronaldcole6101]

If he killed your mother then you would change your tone.

[@joshsmit779]

The private prison system makes a lot of money by selling that ideology and getting money from the government to house the prisoners. It is in their best interest to make the prisoners into better criminals or even encourage crimes to occur inside the prison so that they can get more time.

[@kittenmimi5326]

Because they act like animals... or even much worse. Sure guards should just do their job properly, no need for the extra tormenting, but If he wasn't in solitary confinement he'd keep killing people and it's not like he'll stop.

[@scpfoundationagentsmith9301]

Do the crime do the time simple as that if you act like an animal youll be treated as such

[@specialanims1279]

This is very interesting I've already watched 7 videos

[@retard_activated]

I love how the background people are almost always saying "Blah blah blah, blub blah blah blah blah" 🤣 I couldn't agree more! 🤣🤣🤣

[@napoli9208]

I’ve been living in isolation longer than Silverstein. Feeding on a balanced diet of memes and anime.

[@erikburzinski8248]

However you are probably doing it voluntarily

[@taventube2151]

Thats not total isolation tho

[@taventube2151]

Using evil to destroy evil is not the right way

[@YungEx_TheBest]

Dartaven Fosnaugh sadly, people think that’s justified

[@agishrimpton8807]

0:28 it sounded like he dropped some bars along with da beat

[@craigowenlindvalljr8300]

I did 5 years in Federal prison. Most of my time in FCI Beckley WV. I will say guards have done some very heinous thing's to myself and friends. Things that would justify prison sentences for the guards. But in Silverstein's situation he killed two guards! You can't commit something like that than complain about being treated badly! And Tommy silverware Silverstein died in May of 2019.

[@HappyTofu2424]

For the record, he died this year in May

[@adolfhitler3870]

"If somone comes at u with a bat u grab ur bat and u go at it" that is the best quote ever But if ur never getting out then u might as well keep in killing what's the worst that can happen they put u in jail agian

[@mimic4750]

Smaller jail in a jail?

[@visnau1126]

no they put you in solitary

[@niles1492]

You'll go to Solitary, slowly lose your sanity... u don't speak, or see anyone for months, or worse case years. *not sure about years* 😂

[@adolfhitler3870]

@@gorgthesalty I used to take a tent my bow a knife and a lighter and I would spend a few weeks in the woods my recored so far is 2 months but it's not the solitude that makes u insane it's all the white

[@kunt9670]

Who else is watching during the 2020 quarantine 😂😂

[@nightmarebonnie2833]

Me

[@zacharyhughes349]

Ye boi

[@mohamadibrahim1671]

Me

[@angusarmstrong6526]

Clutz!! Brilliant

[@cripplefromwuhan5150]

You know what's ironic it's independence day and his talking about someone getting locked up in isolation permanently

[@African.empress]

So?

[@sathanas420]

the real irony is thinking independence day somehow has to do with freedom.

[@cripplefromwuhan5150]

@@sathanas420 true true...

[@jaka855]

He's already dead he died in May of 11 2019. He was 67 years old he died in lakewood,Colorado. Becuse of a hart failure. Now we know what was his diseases he had problems with his hart.

[@r1co414]

Ikr I'm like confused as to how they didn't notice that

[@kibbletibbleyt]

.. heart**-

[@peachymilkuwu8417]

It was probably felt made a while ago and that’s why they say at the beginning he might not even be alive by the time you’re watching this is a lot of channels like this have stuff pre-filmed

[@getsinged7631]

Information about prisoners in solitary confinement likely isn't readily available at any given time. He prefaced the video saying the inmate might not be alive, most likely because there was no recent information available. His death had not yet been announced.

[@tuckerperry8503]

I live 10 minutes away from Marion and the prison is still famous but I had never heard of this.

[@dogmgfuckshitmcgee4656]

I love how some say it’s too harsh lol. Dudes a killa!

[@AlexDefiant]

2:54 that uncle be giving me nightmares...

[@LoonaBolti]

I don't get it. If he is never going to get out and is so dangerous to those around him, PUT HIM DOWN! I hate that we have to pay to keep someone like this alive

[@XIII_Vanitas]

An execution is actually more expensive than a life sentence.

[@alexporter7379]

@@XIII_Vanitas firing squads are cheaper than a case if toilet paper

[@yukigiro17]

@Alex Porter Yes, and now we can use drones if the men in the firing squads doesn't want to do it.

[@haleighbonk6670]

Alex Porter The problem there is the 20 year average waiting period before the actual execution, plus the cost of several appeals and hearings whenever new evidence is brought forth... they all add up. And the prisoner isn’t the one paying for them. Simply providing food and shelter until they die actually works out to be cheaper, although definitely less humane.

[@adog4733]

Jail is supposed to rehabilitate criminals, not make them worse

[@djb1928]

Jail isn't suppose to rehabilitate criminals. Almost at no point in human history (until very recently) was jail/prison used as a means to improve criminal behavior.

[@daonlykiwi1847]

Video Title: "Permanent TOTAL Isolation" El Chapo: " am I a joke to you?"

[@romanvasylyev6430]

@The Infographics Show - I liked how you used the Doom 1 pain sound at 3:28 on the background, this is to show how much attention I pay to your videos, can you confirm?

[@cyberathlete]

Where can I get the music track you used in this video? Thanks!

[@Zack-pl9np]

Tommy did pass away at the age of 67 on may of 2019

[@mingebag3702]

3:26 is that the doom guy pain sound from doom 1 and 2

[@turqeeman]

Solitary confinement and there's mention of a blog post? You kids are crazy

[@Flamingtorso]

If they send him to California, he'd be released within months.

[@googlegmail9888]

kk p knock link

[@lilwoody4789]

Try looking into Rudolf Hess. He was in Spando prison in solitary for more time than these examples.

[@mackmoshow]

I always thought shel Silverstein looked a little creepy

[@icouldntcomeupwithanorigin2688]

"If you get out of bed again you'll probably run into Shel Silverstein in the hallway" - Diary of a Wimpy Kid

[@martinford1988]

Doctor Pump MD lol