Sheldon Silver Reportedly Ordered Back To Prison After Two Day Release arrow Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, center, leaves U.S. District Court after he was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison on July 20, 2020. John Minchillo/AP/Shutterstock Sheldon Silver is heading back to federal prison, just two days after he was released on an unexplained furlough, according to multiple reports. The disgraced former State Assembly Speaker was cut loose from Otisville Prison on Tuesday while awaiting a request to serve out the remainder of his sentence in home confinement. That request has now been denied, a source familiar with the matter told the Associated Press on Thursday.