From pottery classes to ‘a pit of black despair’

LIFE IN BROADMOOR

£20 a week pocket money

Supermarket where he buys phone cards, writing paper and stamps, snacks and Diet Coke

Relaxed regime allows him to write dozens of letters and make 15 phone calls a week

Room has TV and and MP3 music player. Enjoys tuning in to I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! Weekly pottery classes

Bible class (he claims to be a Jehovah’s Witness)

Constant stream of adoring visitors – up to four days of visits every week permitted. They can stay four hours a day, or six on a Saturday

Team of bodyguards protect him from unwanted attentions of other patients Told a friend the nurses are ‘friendly and patient’ Cost to public: £300k a year

LIFE IN CATEGORY-A JAIL

Cramped cells fitted with an uncomfortable bed and a toilet bowl

Endemic problems with gang culture, drugs, bullying and violence

Early starts (Sutcliffe reportedly ‘likes his lie-ins’) around 7.45am. Morning workshops, education or gym Allowed two one-hour visits every four weeks

Sutcliffe recently told a friend: ‘Category A prisons are a pit of black despair.’

If he goes to HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire, he will be in heart of the region where he waged his reign of terror

Current inmates of the jail nicknamed Monster Mansion - include April Jones’s killer Mark Bridger and Sarah Payne murderer Roy Whiting Cost to public: £50k a year