Maudsley's 'glass cage' at Wakefield prison, eerily similar to the one depicted in The Silence of the Lambs, was constructed specifically for him in 1983, seven years before the film's release.

With no prospect of ever being released, he will remain in prison in isolation until he dies. Maudsley is housed in a 'glass cage', a two-cell unit at Wakefield prison that bears an uncanny ...