Russell Brand moved to new prison after rape conviction

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 15 Nov, 10:43 · Archive

Russell Brand has been transferred to HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire following his conviction for rape and sexual assault.

Russell Brand has been transferred to HMP Littlehey, a category C prison in Cambridgeshire, following his sentencing on Monday to ten-and-a-half years in prison. According to The Sun on Sunday, he was moved from HMP Wandsworth on Friday.

The Sun reports that concerns for Brand's safety and his assessment as a low escape risk may have prompted the move. The paper states he has been placed in a single cell on the prison's E Wing and has yet to make contact with any of the approximately 1,200 other inmates at the facility.

HMP Littlehey offers various extra-curricular activities for inmates, including yoga, choir, indoor bowls and an inter-wing football league. The prison also provides chaplaincy facilities with access to weekly corporate worship and spaces for Christian services, Muslim prayers and meetings for other faiths.

Brand was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. He is expected to serve two-thirds of his sentence before being released on licence and will remain on the sex offenders' register for life.

How it is being reported

• Russell Brand 'moved' to prison with yoga, choir and football leagueRussell Brand reportedly moved to Category C HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire after a 10-and-a-half-year sentence for rape and sexual assault convictions.Colchester Gazette · 15 Nov, 10:23
• Russell Brand 'moved' to prison with yoga, choir and football leagueRussell Brand reportedly moved to Category C HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire after a 10-and-a-half-year sentence for rape and sexual assault convictions.Echo (Basildon) · 15 Nov, 10:23
• Russell Brand 'moved' to prison with yoga, choir and football leagueRussell Brand reportedly moved to Category C HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire after a 10-and-a-half-year sentence for rape and sexual assault convictions.Brentwood Guardian · 15 Nov, 10:05
• Disgraced TV star Russell Brand reportedly moved to new prisonThe prison offers a variety of extra-curricular activities including yoga, choir and a football leagueEssexLive · 15 Nov, 09:58

In this story: Russell Brand · HMP Littlehey · HMP Wandsworth · Cambridgeshire

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