What prison life will be like for Russell Brand

Russell Brand, 51, is starting a 10-and-a-half-year jail sentence after being taken from court. He is expected to ride a prison van and be placed briefly in a plastic “sweatbox,” a small, airless holding chamber used to separate prisoners while they are transferred. Before entering his holding prison in London, he is understood to have been kept on remand at HMP Wandsworth, known for overcrowding and violence. On arrival, he will face a strip search, sit in the “BOSS chair” security scanner, change into prison clothes, and receive a mental health assessment and a welfare phone call limited to two minutes. The article notes he may be kept on a vulnerable wing with other sex offenders.