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.

Robert Maudsley, a 70-year-old serial killer considered one of the most dangerous men in the UK, has been confined in a glass cage ... In their new book, 'Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind ...

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 ...

He is said to have a high IQ and to love ­classical music, poetry and art, and those who have visited him inside ... special glass-caged cell for Maudsley in the bowels of Wakefield Prison.