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FOXY A BRAT IN A CAGE

She wears Louis Vuitton and Gucci sneakers with her prison jumpsuit – and when they get dirty, someone brings her a new pair.

She alienates most of the correction officers, threatening them with tough talk about the “juice” she has on the outside.

She trusts no one but her mother and manager, and remains convinced, despite break after break, that everyone is out to get her.

The diva Foxy Brown hasn’t changed one bit.

“If they release her today, she’ll be back in a week,” said Geoffrey Davis, a family friend who has visited the rapper several times since she was locked up at Rikers Island for violating her probation after a string of altercations.

Foxy, who was sentenced to a year, isn’t scheduled to be released until September. She can get out sooner if she gets credit for good behavior, which seems about as likely as her recording a hit record these days.

Fresh off a 40-day stint in solitary confinement, Foxy, 27, whose real name is Inga Marchand, remains separated from other inmates at the Rose M. Singer Center for Women at Rikers.

“I love her, and I have her best interests at heart, but I think she needs clinical help with anger management,” said Davis, an activist who runs a nonprofit, anti-violence organization in Brooklyn.

Davis said he was trying to share with Foxy lessons from his own experience with anger and emotional distress. Davis’ brother, City Councilman James Davis, was slain by a political rival inside City Hall in 2003.

But Davis said his advice has fallen on deaf ears..

“She has to deal with her attitude,” Davis said.