Killer Olympian Oscar Pistorius cried himself to sleep on the first night of his five-year jail term for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The 27-year-old star was taken to the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria to serve his jail term. Wearing an orange jump-suit, sources claimed that Pistorius wept when he was placed in his cell until falling asleep.
Pistorius is expected to serve just ten months of his five-year jail term.
A jail source told The Citizen: 'You could hear him. Shortly after the door closed you could hear the tears … he was torn up. Broken. The crying went on and on. We think he stopped when he fell asleep. It was really bad.'
Another source said he was being monitored constantly.
The Correctional Services department refused to comment on the claims.
Department spokesman Manelisi Wolea said: 'We have never given a blow-by-blow account of how an offender is progressing on a day to day basis.
'We have never done that for other offenders and we won’t do that for him..
'Upon arrival, all of his belongings were taken from him for safe-keeping until his release and he was allocated a cell, sheets, blanket, pillow, toothpaste and toilet paper.'
Pistorius was taken to the tough Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria, pictured, to serve his five-year jail term
The prison suffers from overcrowding and gang violence so Pistorius is being kept in the hospital wing
The hospital wing at the Kgosi Mampuru facility is heavily guarded round the clock and staffed by two trained nurses.
The double-amputee's 'B' group classification entitles him to keep a small number of personal photographs in his cell, have two 'no-contact' visits at weekends and on public holidays – with a maximum of 45 visits per year.
Once he has served six months of his sentence and proved himself to be a co-operative prisoner, Pistorius could be elevated to group 'A' - which would entitle him to more visits and and enjoy special privileges such as chocolate and Coca-Cola.
The disgraced sprinter is one of nine disabled offenders, out of a total number of 7217, being held in the prison, which was formerly known as Pretoria Central and was notorious under apartheid rule for its brutal treatment of political prisoners.
Pistorius is undergoing a 36-hour assessment by prison staff to determine if he is a suicide risk
The kingpin of one of its notorious 'numbers gangs' has already threatened to order 'a hit' on Pistorius if he is shown preferential treatment.
Khalil Subjee, who is known as The General, leads the feared 26s gang which rewards acts of violence with promotion within the gang hierarchy.
Mr Morwane insisted the prison's most famous inmate would 'certainly not' enjoy any special treatment during his incarceration.
Pistorius was found guilty of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, pictured
'Every prisoner receives the same treatment here, Mr Pistorius will be no different.'
Nevertheless, the South African runner was taken unshackled and alone from Pretoria's high court to the jail in an armoured police vehicle, with armed outriders.
Remand and newly-sentenced inmates appearing at the court are usually transported together in the back of a large prison van.
The athlete's legal team had argued that prison posed 'a danger' to him because of his disability and fragile mental state.
But Judge Thokozile Masipa said she believed Pistorius's disability had been 'over-emphasised' and his 'excellent coping skills' would equip him to adapt to life behind bars.
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