Oscar Pistorius is reportedly making the best of his five-year prison sentence and has plans to start a basketball program to help his fellow inmates.

In September, the Paralympic athlete popularly known as the "Blade Runner" was found not guilty of murder in the 2013 shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp, who was his girlfriend at the time. The Olympic champ argued that he shot the 29-year-old model on Feb. 14 by mistake because he thought she was a home intruder.

Although Judge Thokozile Masipa acquitted him of murder charges, she found him guilty of culpable homicide, a lesser charge that is comparable to manslaughter. She then sentenced the double-amputee runner to five years behind bars. However, he is only required to serve 10 months behind bars before he can be moved to community supervision or house arrest.

According to the South African track star's brother Carl, Pistorius is helping other prisoners in the hospital wing get back into shape.

Carl, 29, also said that the gold medalist has found inspiration from his inmates' "beautiful stories" during a recent interview with South African weekly You, reports the Daily Mail.

"He's encountering many beautiful stories from prisoners. There are people there who have committed crimes but whose lives have changed," said Carl, a mining consultant and part-time car dealer.

Carl went on to downplay speculation hat his brother is receiving special treatment at the Kgosi Mampuru prison. Instead, he said that the Blade Runner spends 17 hours a day locked in his 6-foot by 8-foot cell and gets only one hour each day to spend outdoors, with another to exercise in a weight room.

During one of his recent 45-minute weekly visits, Pistorius talked about starting an basketball initiative for his 7,000 fellow inmates.

"He asked family members to donate balls, rather than buy him gifts for his birthday," Carl said. "He is still waiting for permission from the area commissioner of correctional services to start it."

"We live in the hope that he'll be out [under house arrest] but it's a five-year sentence. There are surely desires in his heart, and over time they'll change. But he now lives moment by moment. There's no fairytale," said Carl.