Russell Brand secretly moved to ‘cushy’ new jail with yoga and choir sessions

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The facility houses only male sex offenders and offers activities including yoga, choir and origami classes (Picture:Yui Mok/Press Association) Russell Brand has reportedly been…

Russell Brand has reportedly been moved to a ‘cushy’ new jail days into his 10-and-a-half-year sentence.

The former TV star and comedian, 51, was sentenced on Monday for rape and three counts of sexual assault. Since his conviction, further allegations of sex offences have been made.

Brand always denied any wrongdoing, insisting that his sexual relationships were ‘consensual’.

Brand was transferred on Friday to Category C prison HMP Littlehey near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, after beginning his sentence at HMP Wandsworth in South West London, where he was in solitary confinement.

The new facility houses only male sex offenders and offers activities including yoga, choir and origami classes.

There is also an astroturf pitch for football, two gyms, sports halls, and indoor bowls.

It is understood authorities considered moving Brand to HMP Wakefield, known as ‘Monster Mansion’, where convicted child sex offender Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was murdered by fellow inmates last year.

But the West Yorkshire jail is said to have been deemed too dangerous for the comedian.

According to The Sun, Brand is being held in a single-person cell and has not interacted with his fellow inmates.

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