Joran van der Sloot is desperate to get back home to the comforts of Castro Castro prison and he is not afraid to pay Peruvian officials in order to get there, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

The convicted killer is currently serving 28 years in the maximum security Piedras Gordas facility for the May 2010 murder of student Stephany Flores, but he is determined not to be there for long, according to an insider.

It's less than a month since Joran van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years for the murder of Stephany Flores, but the cold-hearted killer is hoping to be a free man in less than five years, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

"He is appealing his sentence and hopes he gets parole in less than five years," an insider exclusively revealed to RadarOnline.com.

If van der Sloot's prediction comes true, it will mean he is a free man by 2017 and will serve a fraction of the sentence that was handed to him on January 13 after he confessed to the May 2010 killing of the 21-year-old Peruvian student.

Joran van der Sloot is no stranger to life in jail but his new home is a far cry from the luxuries he had grown used to during his 18 months at Lima's Castro Castro prison.

After he was sentenced to 28 years on January 13 for the May 2010 murder of Stephany Flores, van der Sloot was transferred to the high security facility of Piedras Gordas in northern Lima in response to criticism that his living conditions were too comfortable, and RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal that since the move his health has been in a downward spiral.

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Just a week after he pleaded guilty to the murder of Stephany Flores, convicted killer Joran van der Sloot is appealing his 28-year prison sentence, according to his Peruvian lawyer.

Attorney Jose Luis Jimenez claims that the three judges who sentenced van der Sloot on January 13 did not take into account his prior confession to the May 2010 murder of the 21-year-old Peruvian student, reported USAToday.com.

The appeal was reportedly made last week and comes in light of RadarOnline.com's exclusive report that Jimenez claims the 24-year-old Dutchman is upset with him for returning almost $75,000 that Florida woman, Joran’s “guardian angel” Mary Hamer sent him for "bail."