What Russell Brand’s spouse can anticipate as she visits him for first time at Wandsworth jail
Brand will be on the sex offenders register for life and must serve at least seven years of his sentence behind bars before being considered for release on license
Laura Brand supported her husband throughout his trial(Image: James Manning/Press Association)
Russell Brand’s wife visited him in prison for the first time since his rape conviction, it is reported. Laura Brand, 39, is said to be sticking with the beast during his 10 jail sentence.
Insiders have already warned the disgraced comedian is a ‘marked man’ and faces a ‘welcoming’ party from his fellow inmates at HMP Wandsworth. But what can Laura expect when she visits her husband in London’s most notorious jail?
In order to book a visit in the first place, she will need to make sure that she has Brand’s prison number and date of birth before applying through a government website or by calling the prison directly.
Laura Brand is said to be standing by her convicted rapist husband(Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Before planning a visit, the Prison Reform Trust advises family and friends to arrive early as there will likely be security that they need to go through. And she will need to have a photographic ID on her.
Laura will be allowed to take some money to buy food and drink from the prison shop during the visit, but there is usually a maximum amount of cash visitors can take with them. She will not be able to hand anything directly to Brand.
During the visit itself, Laura will be expected to remain seated, but will be allowed to embrace Brand at the beginning and end of the visit. Officers will be present during the meeting and may hear their conversation.
Brand is being held at Wandsworth prison for now(Image: Corbis via Getty Images)
If any of the visiting rules are broken – or she is considered a security threat or causing concern to other visitors – her visit can be cut short, the Mirror reports.
The visit will likely be the first of many given his lengthy jail sentence. Brand will be on the sex offenders register for life and must serve at least seven years of his sentence behind bars before being considered for release on license.
Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, 58, gave an insight into life at the jail after speaking about his own harrowing account behind bars in his book, Inside.
HMP Wandsworth is regarded as one of the toughest prisons in the UK(Image: Corbis via Getty Images)
He wrote: “You can’t sleep because all of it is true. In jail people do kill themselves, people do harm themselves and people do go crazy.
“It’s the harsh reality when you have never been to prison and that’s what your lawyers don’t tell you before – maybe not to scare you. HMP Wandsworth is probably one of the toughest prisons in the UK so to be put in there was quite a shock.”
