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Clayton Anthony Fountain (1955 - 2004), is a former federal prisoner and convicted murderer. Inmate Fountain was originally convicted of murdering his staff sargeant in 1974, while stationed at a U.S. military base in the Phillippines. He was incarcerated and consigned to the United States Penitentiary, Marion, Illinios. Inmate Fountain murdered three prisoners and one guard while serving time at Marion, and was labeled the "Most Dangerous Prisoner" in the federal system.

After stabbing an officer to death in 1983, inmate Fountain was moved to the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, and confined to a "Special Housing Unit" (SHU). Inmate Fountain converted to Catholicism, and completed several educational courses on theology during the twenty years he spent in virtual isolation (except for contact with authorized personnel). And he eventually gained acceptance by the Trappist order of Cistercian monks. In 2004, inmate Fountain died of a sudden heart attack. His body was buried at a monk cemetery in Missouri. The book "A Different Kind of Cell: The Story of a Murderer Who Became a Monk" is based on his life and religious conversion.