a british captive has broken the “world record” for the longest time spent in Solitary confinement,
Robert Maudsley is believed to be the longest serving prisoner in Britain, having spent 49 years behind bars.
Maudslay, known as “Hannibal the Cannibal” within the prison system, has spent some 45 of those years – approximately 16,000 days – in solitary confinement, according to daily Mirror,
Maudslay has now broken the world record for time spent in solitary confinement, spending 23 out of every 24 hours in his cell.
that incredible benchmark was previously set by American prisoner Albert Woodfox, who died last August, six years after his release, after spending 43 years in isolation. woodfox matter has been reported One of America’s worst miscarriages of justice.
69-year-old Maudsley was jailed in this case the killing John Farrell’s in 1974. Maudsley is said to have been furious after Farrell – who had hired her as a sex worker – revealed he had previously abused children.
It was while imprisoned at Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital that Maudsley committed the crime that cemented his infamy, allegedly torturing a fellow patient for nine hours before holding his dead body up to guards who were bargaining for the hostage’s life. Was a pedophile for.
A guard is reported to have described the victim’s head as being “cracked like a hard-boiled egg”, with a spoon dangling from it and part of his brain missing – Maudslay denied such claims. earned the moniker “Cannibal” despite.
Maudsley is being held in a special cell at HMP Wakefield
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A few weeks after being sent on 28 July 1978 HMP WakefieldMaudsley killed two fellow prisoners and is claimed to have calmly handed the murder weapon to the guard, remarking that at the next roll-call he would be two prisoners short.
He is said to have been in solitary confinement ever since, much of it imprisoned in a glass cage in the basement of Wakefield Prison, which has been compared by some to the cell occupied by Hannibal Lecter in the film. the silence of the Lambs,
He also served time in specially built chambers at Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight. and at Woodhill in BuckinghamshireLater with infamous inmates Charles Bronson and Reginald Wilson.
In a letter more than a decade earlier, Maudslay wrote: “I am left to stagnate, vegetate and retreat; Left to face my lonely head with those who have eyes but do not see and who have ears but do not hear, who have mouths but do not speak. My life in solitude is one long period of unbroken depression.
Maudsley describes intense physical abuse during his childhood, and has previously been quoted as saying: “I remember all the beatings of my childhood. Once I was locked in a room for six months and My father opened the door only to beat me, four or six times a day.
In 2017, the daily Mirror reported that Maudsley had marked his 64th birthday by setting a UK record for solitary confinement.
A prison service spokesman said: “There is no such thing as solitary confinement in our prison system. Some prisoners will be isolated if they pose a risk to others but this is reviewed regularly.
“Like other prisoners, he is allowed time in the open air every day, visits from relatives, phone calls, access to legal advice and medical care.”