Thomas Markle is 'separated from other prisoners' after being moved to hellhole jail with history of murders and brutal beatings

Thomas Markle Sr has been separated from other prisoners after being moved to a hellhole jail with a history of murders and brutal beatings, it is believed. The 82-year-old was charged with possessing a cache of child pornography that allegedly includes images of him 'abusing pre-pubescent girls'.The Duchess of Sussex's estranged father had broken his bail conditions by forcibly removing his ankle monitor while under house arrest. He was arrested again on Monday and at a court hearing in Florida on Wednesday, the judge recommended that Thomas Sr be separated from other prisoners at the hellhole jail where he has been moved, according to The Telegraph. Judge Lindsay Griffin said his pre-trial release had been revoked as his living situation had 'become untenable' in addition to removing his ankle monitor, after which he was booked into the Pinellas County Jail.The Daily Mail exclusively revealed how Thomas Sr spent his first night behind bars in the tough Florida prison dogged by inmate deaths and allegations of brutality.Meghan's father had been living in a Florida care home for dementia patients when FBI agents raided his Los Angeles lock-ups and allegedly discovered a cache of child pornography, following an investigation by the Daily Mail. Thomas Sr, who vehemently denies wrongdoing, had rented the two storage units in LA for nearly 20 years. Thomas Markle Sr poses for a photograph at the Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, Florida, after allegedly cutting off the electronic ankle monitor he was ordered to wear as a condition of home confinement Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, Florida, where Meghan Markle's father Thomas Markle Sr was booked and jailed on Tuesday Markle, pictured during his arrest, is accused of possessing sexual material, including photographs allegedly depicting himself with minor girls, according to an unsealed federal complaint Markle had not been to either lock-up in years but has continued to rent them for £520 per month.The evidence found by US law enforcement allegedly includes film negatives and books that 'contain child pornography'.The FBI used a special device to convert the negatives into colour digital photographs – among them, it is claimed, are images of Thomas Sr allegedly abusing a naked 'pre-pubescent girl'.In a sworn affidavit, an FBI agent said one of the negatives showed 'an image of an adult man wearing a white button-down shirt and blue jeans sitting on a white surface'.They said: 'A nude pre-pubescent girl is sitting on the adult man's lap so that her back is against his left chest.'The agent added that the man is touching the child while engaging in an act of child abuse.'Based on my training and experience, the girl pictured in image one is pre-pubescent,' said the agent.'The child's nudity, pose, and the adult man's actions appear designed to elicit a sexual response from the viewer.' Markle was arrested for possession of child porn on November 6, when federal agents swooped in on the 82-year-old's Maravida Senior Living care home in Lakeland, Florida The Daily Mail previously alerted the FBI after uncovering a stash of sexually explicit books, magazines and photos, including of Asian females who look conspicuously young, in a Mexican storage unit rented by Markle Several books found in the Mexico storage unit have themes of pedophilia, with titles such as Hollywood Lolitas Another image shows an 'adult man' with his arm 'wrapped around the girl's hips and he appears to be looking down at her nude body'.A third photo shows a naked child sitting on a bed while another partially clothed girl is behind her.FBI agents have spoken to witnesses to identify the adult in the images and a source believed to have known Thomas Sr since the 1970s reportedly identified him.His first arrest came just two weeks after his son, Meghan's brother Thomas Markle Jr, 60, reported him to police in the Philippines.Thomas Jr had lived in the Philippines before his father moved back to the US after a blood clot forced him to have his leg amputated last December.The 60-year-old reported his father to police after discovering the material amongst his father's abandoned belongings in the city of Cebu, where he had been living previously before having his leg amputated, leaving him wheelchair-bound.He is then reported to have informed the FBI of the material being stored by his father in LA.Thomas Sr is now being held in pre-trial detention at Pinellas County Jail in Florida, a hellhole prison dogged by inmate deaths and allegations of brutality.The 54-acre complex in Clearwater, west of Tampa, houses around 3,000 inmates daily including federal prisoners and ICE detainees.It has been the subject of repeated scrutiny over inmate safety and the use of force by detention officers.Among its most notorious incidents was the 2013 killing of inmate Kelly Harding, 48, who was in jail for trespassing when he was strangled to death by his cellmate, Scott Greenberg.The sprawling lockup came under renewed criticism in 2019 after a series of violent incidents resulted in deputies being fired.Surveillance footage showed one officer striking a wheelchair-bound inmate in the face, while another was filmed booting a prisoner in the side.Markle was residing at Maravida Senior Living in Lakeland, Florida, which provides care for seniors with Alzheimer's and dementia, before his arrest last Friday on a federal child pornography charge.A judge agreed he could stay at the assisted living facility under the condition of home detention, but staff refused to take the elderly amputee back.Exclusive Daily Mail photographs show Markle's belongings being cleared out of Maravida Senior Living on Saturday. The grim Pinellas County lock-up, which houses around 3,000 inmates daily, has faced years of scrutiny over prisoner deaths and allegations of mistreatment and excessive force by staff Mark Phillips, the partner of Markle Sr's daughter Samantha Markle, was seen collecting the accused pedophile's possessions from his senior living home on Saturday Helpers were seen passing large black trash bags containing Markle's belongings into the vehicleHe was released instead to the custody of his eldest daughter, Samantha Markle, 61, who is also wheelchair-bound and lives nearby in a trailer with her partner Mark Phillips, 68.But after allegedly 'tampering' with his GPS ankle monitor, Markle was hauled back into court yesterday and Judge Lindsay Griffin described his living arrangements as 'untenable'.She revoked Markle's release and the former Hollywood lighting director was booked into the Pinellas County Jail at 6.11pm, according to county records.Markle, now prisoner #05907-513, is listed as a white male of light complexion, with gray hair, standing 6ft 1in tall and weighing 260lb.'To the extent practicable', he is to be kept separate from convicted inmates either serving or awaiting their sentences, according to the judge's order.The Pinellas County Jail opened in 1983 and has a troubled history stretching back years.In 2009, inmate Jennifer DeGraw, 50, died from a heart attack in her cell after suffering a psychotic episode, and jail staff was accused of failing to ensure she took her medication and consumed enough food and drink.A federal jury found officials were 'deliberately indifferent' to Ms DeGraw's medical needs and the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office paid her estate $1.15million, according to the Associated Press.And Harding's gruesome jail-house murder in July 2013 raised serious questions about how the lock-up housed violent offenders.Harding was serving time for misdemeanour trespass when he was locked in the same cell as Greenberg, 28, who was facing a second-degree murder charge over the killing of his girlfriend.Greenberg forced wet toilet paper down Harding's throat, breaking bones in his neck and suffocating him – the same method authorities said he had used to suffocate Jennifer Lee Zale, 26, a year earlier.He was later sentenced to consecutive 30-year prison terms.Sheriff Bob Gualtieri acknowledged that the two men should never have shared a cell and ordered a comprehensive review of booking, classification and housing procedures at the jail.In September 2018, detention deputy Aaron Hull was caught on surveillance footage grabbing wheelchair-bound inmate Taylor Schuessler, 24, by the neck and striking him three times in the face.Mr Hull was fired in January 2019 after investigators concluded he had provoked the confrontation by repeatedly poking the prisoner in the head.That same year, detention deputy Amy Gee was dismissed after an encounter with 54-year-old inmate Marie Butler left the woman with a broken arm. Crutches and a television were among the items hauled out of the unit on Saturday The scene outside the facility offered a striking glimpse of the upheaval following Markle's arrestMs Butler had been handcuffed with her hands behind her back when Ms Gee slammed her to the floor during the booking process.Investigators concluded the force was unnecessary.Another jail deputy, James Moran, was fired and arrested after surveillance footage caught him ordering inmate Mario Christo to do 50 push-ups as punishment for tossing a discarded cookie to a bird.When the exhausted inmate couldn't do more than 20, Mr Moran booted him in the side, according to the Bradenton Herald.Last year, five more detention deputies were dismissed for mistreating inmates.Four of them lost their jobs for sharing a humiliating photo of a prisoner struggling to urinate while her hands were cuffed behind her back.Deputy Jovan Hardwick was fired for spraying Lysol in a prisoner's face and lying that it was water.In the coming days, Markle will undergo a court-ordered psychiatric examination to see if he can 'understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him or to assist properly in his defense'.If Judge Griffin decides the case can move forward, Markle, who denies being a paedophile and has dismissed allegations that he hoarded child porn as 'sick lies', will be transferred to the Central District of California.He faces trial there for federal possession of child pornography, a charge that could land Markle a 20-year sentence if convicted.