1. Thomas Silverstein
Thomas Silverstein aka “Terrible Tom” has been imprisoned in solitary confinement since 1983 after being originally jailed for armed robbery. After being initially imprisoned in 1971, Silverstein went on to commit three murders while imprisoned, killing two other inmates and a prison guard whom he stabbed to death. He is still imprisoned and kept in a solitary confinement where the lights are on 24 hours a day.
2. Charles Bronson
He’s had a film made about him, has several fan sites online and claims world wide notoriety for his brashness and unstable aggression. This eccentric has spent nearly 40 years behind bars after originally being imprisoned for robbery. As a former bare knuckle fighter with a short fuse he’s got into hundreds of fights, took eleven people hostage and savaged many inmates but apparently now a ‘reformed character’.
3. Robert Maudsley
Maudsley aka “Hannibal the Cannibal” was first imprisoned for garrotting a man to death after the victim showed him pictures of children he had abused, he was imprisoned for life and recommended to never be released.
In 1977 whilst in prison, he killed a convicted paedophile with another prisoner by the means of torture, when guards stormed the cell where the victim was killed, parts of his brain were missing and it’s thought Maudsley ate the brain, which is where the nickname “Hannibal the Cannibal” comes from.
In 1978, he killed a sex offender by garrotting and stabbing, blood drunk, he looked for another victim whom he stabbed to death with a makeshift dagger.
4. Reginald Wilson
Reginald Wilson is currently serving life imprisonment after the savage, unprovoked murder of a doctor. He tricked his way into the skin specialist’s home by saying he was a courier. He subsequently inflicted 17 hammer blows to the victim, killing him in the most brutal fashion. He tried to stab a prison officer in 1999 but was ‘unsuccessful’ and his volatile, deranged character makes him one of the most feared prisoners in Britain.
5. Willie Bosket
Willie Bosket is a convicted murderer and has been in and out of the justice system since the age of 9, his crimes led to changes in New York state law regarding juvenile prisoners. In1978, Bosket at the age of 15 shot dead two men within 10 days, both occurring due to attempted robberies on the New York City subway. He’s currently in solitary confinement and won’t be eligible for parole until 2046 after assaulting a guard with a chain and trying stab another whilst in prison.
6. Christophe Khider & El Hadj Top
Khider and Top were both imprisoned for separate armed robberies, in 2009 they broke out of Moulins prison together by using explosive to escape from the high security prison. They captured two guards as hostages to make their way to the prison entrance, which they eventually blew open. After an intensive car chase, they finally escaped all arms of the law and the two, described as “France’s most dangerous criminals”, are still on the run.
7. Scanvinski Hymes
Scanvinski Hymes was originally imprisoned at the age of 18 for possessing a weapon in a youth facility, he’s been imprisoned ever since then for various discrepancies in prison. Hymes has a security risk classication score of over 2000, the average for inmates is 19 and 27. The only things he hasn’t been convicted for in prison is murder and anything drug related.
8. Antonio Cortés Escobedo
Antonio Cortés Escobedo aka ‘El Zorro’ was the brain behind a huge riot at an Alicante prison in 1990 where one inmate was killed and eight prison officers were held hostage. He was imprisoned aged 17 and was handed a 106 year life sentence after being convicted as ringleader behind the ‘Fontcalent Riots’.
9. Carl Abuhl
Carl Abuhl was first imprisoned for killing his co-worker by means of bludgeoning. Whilst in prison serving his sentence, he killed another inmate using a bed sheet to garrotte him. He killed the cat of his original victim by microwaving it and then beating it to death.
10. Mark Brandon Read
Mark Brandon Read aka Chopper has had a film based on his life, no longer in prison, he enjoys a celebrity life based on his former violence and cruelty. He’s claimed to have killed 19 people in and out of prison and has assaulted hundreds of other inmates whilst inside. He also had both his ears cut off by another inmate just to win a bet.
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