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Clayton Fountain


Clayton Fountain, with a serious face, standing against a red background with his shadow on his back, has a black hair, a mustache, chest hair, and tattoo on his left upper limb, left forearm, a watch on his wrist, and a tattoo on his right forearm, topless and wearing brown pants

Died
  
July 12, 2004, Springfield, Missouri, United States

Similar
  
Thomas Silverstein, Barry Mills (Aryan Brotherhood), Michael Thompson (Aryan Brotherhood)

Fountain and Silverstein did a good job


Clayton Anthony Fountain (September 12, 1955 – July 12, 2004) was a federal prisoner, member of the Aryan Brotherhood, and convicted murderer. Clayton was born on September 12, 1955, at the U.S. Army Hospital in Fort Benning, Georgia. Clayton was the oldest of six children, having one brother and four sisters, and was named after his father, Clayton Raleigh Fountain. 

Clayton Fountain (left), with a serious face, has a black hair, mustache, chest hair, and tattoos on his left upper limb, left forearm, and right forearm, topless and wearing brown pants and a watch on his wrist on a photographed with an edited background of the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners with an image of Fr W. Paul Jones (right) smiling, has a white hair, a beard, and mustache, wearing eyeglasses in a black shirt under his light blue hoodie jacket

The family moved every 1½ to 2 years. While his father served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam and his mother was working, Clayton, as the oldest child in family, became a surrogate for both parents when he was very young. He recalled maternal responsibilities for cooking, ironing, serving, cleaning, and caring for his young siblings. It was the male/paternal role, however, for which his father had carefully trained him. 

While serving in the Marines, he was convicted of murdering his staff sergeant in 1974, while stationed in the Philippines. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and was ultimately sent to the United States Penitentiary, Marion, which was at the time the highest-security prison in the nation. Fountain used his military training to murder three prisoners and one correctional officer with a homemade knife while serving time at Marion, and was labeled the "Most Dangerous Prisoner" in the federal system.

Clayton Fountain, with a serious face, standing against a red background with his shadow on his back, has a black hair, and a mustache

On October 22, 1983, Fountain stabbed Correction Officer Robert Hoffmann to death, hours after Fountain's friend and fellow Aryan Brotherhood member Thomas Silverstein stabbed another correction officer Merle Clutts to death at the same facility. The incidents resulted in a 23-year lockdown at Marion, and contributed to the creation of the federal supermax prison, United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX.

Clayton Fountain, with a serious face, has a black hair and a mustache, standing on a wall, wearing a brown long sleeve polo with a pocket on his left chest and brown pants, a gold watch on his wrist, and a black necklace

Fountain was moved to the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. He was housed in a specially constructed containment unit, and was allowed contact only with authorized personnel. Fountain converted to Catholicism, and completed several educational courses on theology during the twenty years he spent in virtual isolation. He developed ties with an order of Trappist monks, and was accepted posthumously as a lay brother after his unexpected death from a heart attack in 2004. The book A Different Kind of Cell: The Story of a Murderer Who Became a Monk is based on his life and religious conversion.



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References

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