Russell Brand moved to category C prison HMP Littlehey — report

A report says concerns for Brand’s safety and him being deemed a low escape risk could have prompted the move

Russell Brand outside Southwark Crown Court, London, earlier this month. Picture: James Manning/Press Association

Russell Brand has been moved to category C prison HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire, it has been reported.

The 51-year-old comedian was jailed this week after being found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others during his career.

According to The Sun on Sunday, he was moved out of HMP Wandsworth and transported to HMP Littlehey on Friday.

The prison offers a large variety of extra-curricular activities for its inmates, including yoga, choir and indoor bowls.

HMP Littlehey also hosts an inter-wing football league.

The Sun says concerns for Brand’s safety and him being deemed a low escape risk could have prompted the move.

According to the paper, his new confines consist of a single-person cell on the prison’s E Wing and he has yet to make contact with any of the other 1,200-odd inmates housed at the facility.

Brand was sentenced to a 10-and-a-half-year prison term on Monday afternoon.

He is expected to serve two-thirds of his prison sentence before being released on licence.

He will be on the sex offenders’ register for life.