Sharon Osbourne's 22-year-old son was extracted from his cell and strip searched in Shelby County Jail, Memphis, while Young, the British author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, requested a stab vest in Westville Prison, South Africa, after fearing for his own life.
Daniela Neumann, Virgin1's director of programming, said: "For the first time ever we will genuinely see these celebrities eat, sleep and shower in the most disgusting prisons in the world.