Multiple reports indicate Robert Maudsley was transferred from HMP Wakefield to another prison in April 2025, a move that was against his wishes. He has not had a single visitor for more than a year, and now only buys food from the prison shop at Whitemoor, suggesting his new location. According to Daily Mirror - Main, Loveinia Grace MacKenney described that it has been over a year since his last visit, though she speaks to him weekly by phone.
Prison chiefs stated in an official statement that the transfer was due to difficult situations with growing population and available accommodation, along with violent incidents in the segregation unit at HMP Wakefield, making it an appropriate time to facilitate a move. Maudsley has spent more than 17,000 consecutive days in solitary confinement, reportedly kept in a bulletproof 'glass dungeon' in the basement of HMP Wakefield for over 40 years. This setup was intended to protect prison staff and inmates from him.
His brothers used to visit him, but they are in poor health now and it will be hard for them to get to the new prison. It was complicated visiting Robert, with forms and meeting the police.
According to Daily Mirror - Main, Kevin Maudsley described that his brother prefers being alone rather than in normal prison conditions, discussing topics like life outside during their conversations. Official pictures of Robert Maudsley's cell have never been published, leaving details of his confinement undocumented. The exact location of the prison he was transferred to remains unknown, as does the official reason for his lack of visitors for over a year.
According to Daily Mirror - Main, a relative described that his brothers used to visit but are now in poor health, making travel to the new prison difficult due to complicated procedures involving forms and police meetings.
It is more than a year since his last visit. I speak to him every week on the phone but it is not right.
He'd rather be on his own than in the normal prison. He just likes it. We just talk about things like outside - what's it like, what's going on, things like that.