Oscar Pistorius shot up his bathroom and was sent to jail, where he is being built a bathroom. He might also use it as a cry room.
According to South Africa's City Press, authorities are building the double-amputee sprinter his own bath, according to sources with access to the area of Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru Prison.
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Pistorius, who is expected to serve 10 months of a five-year prison term for shooting and killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has difficulty taking a shower.
"Because of his disability, it is easier for him to take a bath where he is away from the rest of the prisoners," one source said to City Press.
Another source added that the bath would be available to other inmates in the future, but right now it is intended for Pistorius' sole use. Inmates currently have use only to showers.
A third source said the new bathroom will allow Pistorius from avoiding having to "walk past a number of prisoners to get to the toilet."
Correctional services spokesperson Manelisi Wolela denied that the prison was having a bath installed exclusively for Pistorius.
"The planning and actual work to construct the bathroom and general maintenance started a long time ago. It was due for completion on May 31, many months before Oscar was even found guilty. He is using the communal bathroom."
City Press has added that Pistorius is suffering from extreme depression. His fellow inmates, sources say, have even been encouraging him to see the prison counselor.
They have told him "he would not be regarded as a sissy" if he asked for help.
"He has even cried on occasion," said the source. "He really is battling with prison."
His fellow prisoners' own negative dispositions are wearing on Pistorius, the source said.
"Other inmates and wardens feel sorry for him or ashamed of his fall from grace and keep burdening him with their feelings," the source said. "He is so tired of everybody wanting something from him and just wants to think positively and believe in God that his ordeal will soon be over."
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