Oscar Pistorius will spend his 28th birthday behind bars at Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison today.
Because of his disability, Pistorius is being held in the hospital ward of the prison.
The "Blade Runner" is allowed five one-hour-long visits per month and can receive cards for special occasions. But it’s not likely to be a very happy birthday.
Pistorius is serving his sentence alongside some of South Africa’s most notorious criminals, including Etienne Kabila who is accused of plotting to overthrow his brother, DRC President Joseph Kabila, and apartheid death squad leader Eugene de Kock, known as “Prime Evil.”
He’ll be hoping it will be his first, and last, birthday in jail. Pistorius could be eligible for parole after 10 months of his five-year term. But prosecutors have announced they are to appeal both his conviction – Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide and not of murder, which the state strongly opposes – as well as what they claim is his “shockingly light” sentence.
A court will hear the appeal on December 10.
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