Brand will face 'hell on earth' in Wandsworth prison, says former inmate

Brand, 51, was convicted a week ago of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault and was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison. He continued: "The first month is hands-down the worst. The mental shock is absolutely colossal.

It was colossal for me and it's going to be 10 times worse for him because of the nature of his offences and the height from which he's fallen. "He has to come to terms with it and the pure physical shock of suddenly being trapped in a dungeon for weeks on end with nobody to talk to most of the time is ghastly." A source close to the disgraced comedian said he was doing "remarkably well considering the circumstances" and that he had been moved from isolation to a main wing in the prison. "Prisons are boring and Russell Brand being in their space has given them some fun - they've been slamming on cell doors and shouting out his name.

He is a rapist, so there's also been some anger about what he's done. Brand is likely to still be in a cell on his own. It would usually have a bed, a basin and a toilet.