Russell Brand’s desperate question in prison reveals how he’s really coping

Russell Brand has reportedly struggled to adjust to prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault, asking officers whether he could have privacy when using the toilet. Accounts from unnamed sources describe him as shaken on arrival at HMP Wandsworth and say he is being held separately on a wing for vulnerable prisoners.

He is said to have undergone a risk assessment and to be in a single cell, with reports that he is eating little and has asked about vegetarian meals and Bible study. On a standard regime, he reportedly has £19.80 a week for the canteen, as well as access to a television, DVD player and phone calls. A prison monitoring board has described Wandsworth’s conditions as unsafe and overcrowded; Brand was sentenced to ten years and six months, pleaded not guilty and denies being a sexual predator.