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__George picture – The U.K. Sun

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George Michael yesterday

broke down following his

first night in jail –

after banged banged up

with PAEDOPHILES,

John Kay and Tom Wells

report for The U.K. Sun

September 16th, 2010.

The Club Tropicana singer,

47 –

locked up for caning it on cannabis

then crashing his car into a shop –

was devastated following his first

night in Pentonville prison.

After sobbing on Tuesday night

as he arrived at the forbidding

North London jail he yesterday

broke down AGAIN.

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The terrified multi-millionaire

had been prescribed pills to help

him sleep after being given a cell

away from the main population.

He woke to find himself

surrounded by child-sex perverts

also being held on the Vulnerable

Prisoners Unit.

A jail insider revealed:

“When he went to use a pay phone

in the communal area he was

hunched over it –

distraught and in tears.

He was whispering

and very emotional.”

The ex-Wham! heart-throb –

famously nicked in Los Angeles

for a “lewd act” in a toilet 12 years ago –

was thought to have been calling

his gay lover Kenny Goss.

He poured out his torment less

than 24 hours after being brought

into jail to a chorus of lags belting

out his hits Freedom and Faith.

A source said:

“George was bombarded with

mickey-taking songs from the cons.

“He was crying as they sang,

‘You’ve got to have faith’ at him.”

His first experience of Pentonville

was a holding area where he was

taken to be strip searched.

The expensive pinstripe grey suit

and handmade shoes he wore to court –

where the judge blasted

his drug-taking –

were swapped for prison-issue footwear,

blue jeans and a plain T-shirt.

He was also ordered to remove

jewellery including a ring and watch,

which were put in a plastic bag

along with his wallet.

The star – sentenced to eight weeks

after pleading guilty to driving while

unfit through drugs –

will get them back when

he is let out of jail.

That will be in a month when he

is freed to serve the rest of his

stretch on licence.

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Jail chiefs decided to put the

pop star in the Vulnerable Prisoners

Unit for his own protection.

He was led to Cell 22,

which he was given to himself.

There he was confronted by a bunk,

table, chair, sink – and toilet.

The window bleakly faces a jail wall.

But he did find a few luxuries.

One was a tiny portable telly

which will cost him £1 a week to rent.

Another was a kettle so he

can make himself a cuppa.

He was also issued with a

smoker’s pack of rolling tobacco,

Rizla papers and matches.

Sedated Michael spent an anguished

night sleeping in the lower bunk.

The source said:

“He was checked regularly over

the night as officers were concerned

about his mental well being.”

He was woken by prison

officers at 7.30am.

Breakfasts of muesli or coco pops

and UHT milk were taken to

inmates in their cells.

The star was still rubbing his

eyes when a nearby prisoner

began singing Freedom.

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The insider said:

“George was locked up in his cell

having his breakfast when an

inmate burst into song.

“He sang the lyrics to Freedom

and a couple of others joined in.

They then burst out laughing.”

The pop idol was led from his cell

at 8.30am to face more humiliation –

a prison “induction” which included

a laughably-easy 45-minute maths

and English test.

The source said:

“The test is known as ‘levels’ and

he had to answer questions that a

primary school kid would face.

They included problems such as,

‘If Peter had four apples and

Paul had three,

how many would there be in total?’

“George must have realised he’d

sunk as low as he could go.

He passed with flying colours –

getting a top Level One mark.”

A senior prison officer also tried

to establish his mental and physical

health.

Michael was asked how he was

feeling and whether he wanted

to take any education classes.

He was also given the chance to

undergo rehabilitation for drugs.

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The singer –

who sought rehab after the smash

in his £80,000 Range Rover two

months ago –

is believed to have declined.

By 10am he was back in his cell.

Lunch was from a menu the star

had to pick from the night before –

and was delivered to inmates

who eat in their cells.

The source said:

“It was pretty basic stuff compared

to the five-star fare he normally enjoys.

The menu included mince, salads,

sandwiches, hot food such as pasta –

and, of course,

chips with everything.”

Jail chiefs –

who want to put the star to work inside –

are keen to move him out of tough

Pentonville,

The Sun understands.

But they are hamstrung by

Ministry of Justice rules which

mean a cushy open prison is NOT

an option – because of the nature

of his crimes,

which also include being found

with cannabis on him.

If Michael is moved he would still

have to be held in a closed prison,

even though it may be a

medium-risk one.

The insider said:

“They are desperate to get him out

of Pentonville as there are some

pretty nasty characters locked

up there.

But the options are limited

.” Michael spent most of yesterday

afternoon banged up in his cell.

But he was allowed to use

the exercise yard for an hour.

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One cheeky con asked

for his autograph.

The singer obliged –

scribbling his name

on a scrap of paper.

He returned to his cell and s

tayed there lying on his bed

until doors were unlocked for

cons to enjoy early evening

“association” time.

Michael was offered the

opportunity to mingle on the

wing with his grisly fellow inmates.

At 8pm cells were locked again

for what used to be lights out.

Nowadays lags can switch

them off whenever they want.

Last night the Prison Service said:

“We never comment on

individual prisoners.”

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