IMAGES: A glimpse at Aaron Hernandez's life behind bars

SHIRLEY, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Aaron Hernandez was found guilty in the murder of Odin Lloyd and on Friday we learned that the former Patriot, number 81, will now go by his prison number at the Souza Baranowski in Shirley.

The facility in Shirley where Hernandez will spend the rest of his days was originally built to be a super-max prison and it's the state's only maximum security long-term prison. They run a very tight ship and Hernandez will not be given any special treatment.

Peter Maloney, retired deputy superintendent at neighboring MCI Shirley, said, “It has more cameras, I believe, than almost any other prison in the country. It was built as a high tech prison and it's a tough place.”

Maloney spoke to FOX25 exclusively, saying that the former football star will not be getting any special treatment while he is behind bars.

“He's coming in with a lot of notoriety and the staff is human like anybody else, but there will be extra efforts made to make sure he is treated the same,” he said.

Attorney Leslie Walker, who represents prisoners, says Hernandez will be locked in his cell 9 hours a day and only allowed in the prison yard three times a week.

The Department of Corrections said he will likely be housed in a cell with another person. Both he and his cellmate will sleep on metal bunk beds. Alternatively, he could be put in a protective custody unit, temporarily.

“It's pretty grim actually,” Walker said of the facility. “Very sterile.”

Hernandez will be allowed to see his girlfriend and baby girl three times per week, just like any other prisoner. He is only allowed a maximum of two adults and four visitors total. Conjugal visits are not allowed, but he may be allowed brief, closed-mouth kisses and they are allowed to hold hands.

Walker says a major prisoner complaint is boredom, which can often lead to violence. She also says Hernandez could potentially be targeted by prison gangs.

“He will have a celebrity status with some people, but he also has been convicted of killing an African American man, and he is Latino man and there are lots of gang issues at Souza Baranowski,” Walker said.

She went on to say prisoner-on-prisoner violence at Souza Baranowski is higher than at any other Massachusetts prison by far. In fact two prisoners were murdered there in two separate incidents by fellow prisoners.

Hernandez will spend the rest of his life there unless he can manage a transfer, on good behavior, to a medium security prison, which the Department of Corrections says is the goal for all prisoners.

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