article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Prison life won't be pretty for Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL player and convicted murderer sentenced to life without parole.
article_snippet.sent: Officials said Hernandez, 25, is being processed at the maximum-security Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Cedar Junction in Walpole, just a handful of miles from Gillette Stadium, where Hernandez once played tight end for the New England Patriots under a five-year $40 million contract.
article_snippet.sent: The prison system has yet to determine where to initially place Hernandez in Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center outside Boston: solitary confinement; the less harsh but restricted block; the general population; a privileged section known as the "lifers block," for those serving a life sentence; or the "kitchen block," for those who work in the prison kitchen.
article_snippet.sent: Right now, he'll be treated like a regular inmate when he walked into the door, but they will figure all that out.
article_snippet.sent: Prison officials will be concerned about Hernandez's safety and whether any enemies, gangs or headline-seeking inmates will try to hurt Hernandez, who will become Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center outside Boston's most famous resident.
article_snippet.sent: Then him's going to have to be separated, and it's going to be challenging for prison officers and perhaps for him.
article_snippet.sent: Because of the superintendent of Souza-Baranowski celebrity, Hernandez may find Hernandez signing autographs for other inmates and even guards, said Larry Levine, a former federal inmate who spent 10 years in high- and minimum-security prisons.
article_snippet.sent: There will be a lot of staff that will treat Hernandez like an animal that Hernandez is, but there will be other staff that will want Hernandez autograph and treat Hernandez like a star," said Levine, who founded Wall Street Prison Consultants, which advises offenders and convicts heading to prison.
article_snippet.sent: In the long run, however, it may not matter much in what section of the prison Hernandez does the prison Hernandez time.
article_snippet.sent: If Hernandez finds Hernandez in solitary confinement, it won't be pleasant, Walker said.
article_snippet.sent: Solitary confinement is a kind of torture that no one does well in.
highlights_snippet.sent: Aaron Hernandez will serve life in Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center outside Boston .
  