Tommy Silverstein original art

This is one of the last drawing Tommy created for me which was intended to be sold on our shop Prisons of Love he made the logo. For information on this piece please click Tommy Silverstein
I know everyone wants to believe or see scary sad images he created but most of what he did for me was expressions of what words could not describe. Furthermore, people think I am a murder groupie,
this could not be further from the truth. I met Tom because of his art and the fact I was appalled by his torture at the hands of our own country. So many still suffer. below is just one example posted on
Pelican BAY state Prison
Pelican BAY state Prison on FaceBook
Please do not forget about these prisoners.
And help me in remembering Tommy as resilient and they could not kill his mind.
Tom's good friend Carol Strick, helps me through the days. And I still
can not thank Laura Rovner enough for all her help and support and of course Pete Earley
Pete Earley
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Send the letter!!!
Let's end the torture!

State Sanctioned Torture MUST END

April 21 ·

Please send this letter to all state politicians and representatives and get others to as well.
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Governor Newsom, et al

I am writing to you today addressing a serious problem affecting my incarcerated loved one and other prisoners in the same living quarters, who are also being affected in the same way. I am more than well aware many other prisoners in other housing units and yards in this facility and other California facilities have endured the abuses administered by state employees. Prisons being understaffed and struggling to hold new staff should be a red flag on so many levels. Primarily, it is a hostile work environment to staff as well as prisoners. Prison yards remain highly overpopulated, and mixing yards that were previously separated for safety, doesn’t show any regard for safety or accountability from the higher ups as well.

Beyond the exploits of violence, this is a general idea of what cruel and unconstitutional actions by prison employees on inmates include:

•enforcing conflict amongst disagreeing prison “sub communities”
•imposing manufactured unbearable atmospheric environments
•Ignoring court orders, denying due process,
•Withholding medical, refusing adequate treatment as punishment
•Withholding mail, losing 602s (formal complaints), and not allowing access to law libraries
•denying privileges, extending SHU terms without accountability and against policy
•sabotaging rehabilitative efforts
•creating rumors to further hostilities amongst inmates, using dropouts and snitches as weapons
•being opportunistic with Title 15 and DOM wherever the vague language gives them means to undermine by “interpreting” the letter of the law in such a way to further a sadistic turpitude agenda

I am not asking, I am BEGGING you to enforce humane changes to policy and procedure.
I can only hope you do not condone or support the actions of what is known as “the Green Wall”, but you need to be made aware it is very much alive and acting in its repugnant, renegade and Machiavellian code.
Please take a hard look at what is really being done inside these institutions Torturing those already living in prison is in no way anything even remotely, “corrective” or “rehabilitative”.
Keeping prisoners in abusive living conditions and denying due process in legal matters is systemic torture.

State sanctioned Torture MUST END!!!

I thank you for your immediate and thorough attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

My loved one is at California State Prison:
Housed in building :
These are the unacceptable conditions that my loved one and their neighbors are forced to live in:"

Suicides in California prisons rise despite decades of demands for reform

Please watch Heather Chapman

Please let me know if any of my links do not work

Thank you

* Please remember NO ONE should be using Tommy's name there is NO "official blog" and what the hell is a Webmaster?

Tommy Silverstein Memorial

Lovely, if you attend please ome back with comments

Thomas E. Silverstein whom I love

Please give me time to deal with BOP and ADX before I share our story.
This is just a short announcement. My Tommy  passed yesterday, I will be making arrangements
starting Monday.
So much to say, but the blinding tears make it impossible.
Again I can always be reached reneesilverstein@hotmail.com
I will post his last photograph and art after I have mourned
thank you he appreciated his "pals"

Tommy Silverstein update

Thank you to all that reach out to us on twitter  @tommy_renee and facebook 

Tom let me know his book is coming along and is having a lot of success getting his manuscript out.

I'll ask him for an excerpt.

Recently he woke to the gas I have written about before. I guess it is ok to gas everyone.The gas for the offending prisoner permeates to all surrounding prisoners. Causes vomiting disorientation, gagging, sore throat, nausea...

Did I mention that I looked up the gas that is used on the prisoners? I sent it to Tom and the letter was rejected and sent back to me.  "They" can gas prisoners but they are not allowed to know what it is or what it does to their bodies.

I'd like to ask readers a favor just for me. Someone has written Tom that this blog isn't very good or done well . And I misspell things. Please write me with any suggestions how I might improve. This is an ad free blog I do not make money here ever.

I do not have a clue why anyone would put down this blog. Hey! we are # 3! Again it is you readers that have made this blog. Thank you

Now on to the topic of Mental Health. Tom had mentioned to me he was feeling low. I know in winter it is hard for us. These isolated prisoners have no way of grounding themselves. It pains me to think of the lack of touching the earth. To me it is like when in years past I see a lion ape or bear surrounded by concrete. We know grounding with the earth is essential. Tom is a vegetarian, so hopefully that helps(no angry food). Tom told me it was because of him that the vegetarian choice had been made available to other prisoners; I encourage  any to write him and ask about this, it is very interesting.

I will add the B.O.P. health director's address here and the director

My letter to them will include reminding that good health physical and mental comes from the ability to touch and see Mother earth.

I welcome any ideas and/or suggestions even criticism

 This is the B.O.P. website.

  Mark S. Inch    is  the director of Federal Bureau Of Prisons

Dr. Deborah G. Schult  is Assistant Director

 Health Services Division 

address to desired recipient and use the address below

Federal Bureau of Prisons

320 First St., NW

Washington, DC 20534

by Tom given to a man that helped us get to visit

ADX Tommy Silverstein Death of an Artist?

we will not be seeing anymore of this beautiful art by Tommy Silverstein

Since Tom has started writing his story, the prison, censor and other officials have continuously try to make his life more unbearable. They began taking his art for nefarious reasons. Anything going out of the prison.
Tom will spend a month on a drawing; for a friend or his book; he wanted to include art to express what he can not express always in word.  So far at least 3 pieces have been confiscated and not returned.The most recent, my Christmas present, a month's work, extra postage for receipt; posted Dec 5th 2016 (given to CO who gives it to censor). By January 5th 2017 receipt never came back he sent message to censor for answers. Finally around January 11th "they" came to calm him down and told him my gift had been confiscated(taken) and sent to the FBI. Tom had to really press for answer as to why. All he was told was there were 3 birds in the drawing.

To me the BOPPERS are looking at Tom's art like children look at clouds i.e; 'Look I see a bunny"
What they see is gang related, which there is none.
Tommy has announced to me he will no longer be drawing or creating art, he says "I will not give them the satisfaction"
Here is an excerpt from a recent letter;

I believe that ADX has killed this brilliant artist. My heart breaks for him and all that love his art.

If you are fortunate enough to own any of Tom's art, cherish it.

I am guessing the Feds have a very valuable collection of Tommy Silverstein's stolen art for made up, nefarious reason. Just another way to torture him. Just Much ado about nothing. And now because "they" have tormented him by stealing his art, "they" have killed him.

Before hearing what happened to my gift; I wrote Postmaster General 

(though he has no jurisdiction over prisoner mail) and BOP director Thomas Kane PhD and ADX; I only received response from Postmaster reminding me he has nothing to do with prison mail, he did offer this address to me that they might help. Our mail takes 14 to 30 days to reach each other the address for help is

 The address for the ACLU National Prison Project is 915 15th St NW, Washington, DC  20005-6016 or you can contact the ACLU at (202) 393-493

Tom made his mittens, they are not provided winter coats, glove boots...

Thank you 

www.zibbet.com/prisonart 

Tommy Silverstein reports ADX gasses prisoners again

Last week they gassed prisoners twice now Tom writes:
(Tom draws sad faces to express the sadness of situation..)
This is transcribed (with permission) from a recent letter; Tommy writes and says "...looks like the gassing stopped for a while, so I can breathe (literally) a whole lot better." he continues "I guess the guy on hunger strike ended it. But I suspect not because he got his medical problems taken care of. Most likely he didn't want to face the goon squad and gas and starvation any longer. ): Its a hell of a way to go to try and get proper medical care here and still fail. ): 
I'm on a 12 man range, but only talk to 3 other guys. A couple rarely leave their cell that I don't talk to anyway and another guy next to me, never leaves his cell.
This may give you an idea what its like for me in a rat infested unit with mentally ill and most despicable folks you ever want to not know in this unit and why they put me here. )< When you hear about G.P.(general population) its not like you may see on TV. We're locked in our cell 24-22 hours daily and go out twice weekly in smelly dog cages for 2 hours Whoopee! Ha!
At least today I'm not forced to suffocate, choke, vomit and feel my eyes and flesh burn, for several hours, while my oppressors get their kicks at our expense."
My commentary is that I am sickened and appalled by the treatment of these people.
I call again for any and all to write to officials demanding the torture to stop.
Be respectful of their offices but do not mince words that this torture must stop. I added Tom's art here to remind people he and those in the cages with him are human beings!

atrocities must stop!
Warden: Fox                           "Fox" is all Tommy told me
       U.S.P. Florence Admin
      P.O. Box 8500
Florence, CO 81226
Phone (719) 784-9464

Regional director Sara Revell
            400 State Avenue Suite # 800
            Kansas City, KS. 66101

Bureau of Prisons Director:  Thomas R. Kane PhD.
                        320 First St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20534

Tommy Silverstein reports ADX gasses prisoners again

Last week they gassed prisoners twice now Tom writes:
(Tom draws sad faces to express the sadness of situation..)
This is transcribed (with permission) from a recent letter; Tommy writes and says "...looks like the gassing stopped for a while, so I can breathe (literally) a whole lot better." he continues "I guess the guy on hunger strike ended it. But I suspect not because he got his medical problems taken care of. Most likely he didn't want to face the goon squad and gas and starvation any longer. ): Its a hell of a way to go to try and get proper medical care here and still fail. ): 
I'm on a 12 man range, but only talk to 3 other guys. A couple rarely leave their cell that I don't talk to anyway and another guy next to me, never leaves his cell.
This may give you an idea what its like for me in a rat infested unit with mentally ill and most despicable folks you ever want to not know in this unit and why they put me here. )< When you hear about G.P.(general population) its not like you may see on TV. We're locked in our cell 24-22 hours daily and go out twice weekly in smelly dog cages for 2 hours Whoopee! Ha!
At least today I'm not forced to suffocate, choke, vomit and feel my eyes and flesh burn, for several hours, while my oppressors get their kicks at our expense."
My commentary is that I am sickened and appalled by the treatment of these people.
I call again for any and all to write to officials demanding the torture to stop.
Be respectful of their offices but do not mince words that this torture must stop. I added Tom's art here to remind people he and those in the cages with him are human beings!

atrocities must stop!
Warden: Fox                           "Fox" is all Tommy told me
       U.S.P. Florence Admin
      P.O. Box 8500
Florence, CO 81226
Phone (719) 784-9464

Regional director Sara Revell
            400 State Avenue Suite # 800
            Kansas City, KS. 66101

Bureau of Prisons Director:  Thomas R. Kane PhD.
                        320 First St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20534