What Russell Brand’s new life in a category C prison will look like

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Russell Brand has been moved to a lower security prison that offers activities including yoga and art classes, according to reports. The former actor and comedian was sentenced to…

Russell Brand has been moved to a lower security prison that offers activities including yoga and art classes, according to reports.

The former actor and comedian was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison at Southwark Crown Court on Monday after being found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

Brand was initially held in solitary confinement at the Category B HMP Wandsworth in London, but has now been moved to HMP Littlehey, a Category C prison in Cambridgeshire, according to The Sun on Sunday.

The move means Brand will live in better conditions and have access to training and extra-curricular activities, with one expert saying they were “flabbergasted” by the decision.

HMP Littlehey is a prison near Huntington, Cambridgeshire, which is specifically for men convicted of a sex offence.

Brand has been placed in a single-person cell in the prison following a risk assessment, according to reports.

It’s likely he has been placed there due to his high profile and the risk of attacks; experts previously told The i Paper it was likely he would be placed in a prison specialising in sex offenders for this reason.

Brand is likely to be safer at Littlehey than in a prison like Wandsworth with violent offenders, and it is possible the Prison Service has decided to keep him there due to the amount of resources that would be needed to keep him safe at a Category B prison.

Littlehey is an open Category C prison, which is the second lowest level of security before Category D.

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