Inside Russell Brand’s first 24 HOURS in prison: Disgraced comedian isn’t seeing the funny side as he faces full force of abuse from fellow inmates, sources reveal

Russell Brand was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault and is being held at HMP Wandsworth. Reports say he has spent much of his first day in his cell, reading the Bible and prayer books, meditating and trying to avoid other inmates.

He was reportedly moved from the induction wing to the prison’s Care and Separation Unit, where prisoners are kept apart and movement is restricted. The article says prison governors can initially authorise segregation for up to 72 hours before a review, and that staff considered Brand too high-profile for the vulnerable prisoners’ wing; the account relies largely on unnamed sources.