Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been moved to a new prison a week after he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life behind bars. A state prisons official says Hernandez, 25, was moved Wednesday to the maximum-security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts. Hernandez had been at Cedar Junction prison in Walpole since he was convicted April 15 of killing 27-year-old Odin Lloyd in 2013. Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Scroll down for video . Aaron Hernandez, 25, was convicted on April 15 of killing 27-year-old Odin Lloyd (right) in 2013. He was sentenced to life in prison . Though Hernandez spent his first week after being convicted at Cedar Junction prison, he was moved on Wednesday to Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (pictured) in Shirley, Massachusetts . Sousa-Baranowski Correctional Center is a maximum-security prison about 40 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts . Souza-Baranowski is the state Department of Correction's newest prison. It opened in 1998 and is about 40 miles west of Boston. It houses more than 1,000 inmates, many of whom are serving life sentences, and is named for two department employees killed during a failed escape attempt in 1972. Souza-Baranowski is considered the most advanced prison in the state by the state Department of Corrections, according to the Boston Herald. The facility has 366 cameras recording live 24 hours a day and a microwave detection perimeter with taut wire, according to CNN. Inmates in the prison are sent there because they 'present serious escape risks or pose serious threats to themselves, to other inmates, to staff, or the orderly running of the institution. Supervision of inmates is direct and constant'. Hernandez's new prison is about ten minues was from Fort Devens, where Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been held for the last two years . Hernandez will be Souza's most famous inmate. Larry Levine, a former federal inmate who now advises offenders heading to prison, said that some staff will treat him like anyone else, while some might ask Hernandez for his autograph . There are several placement options for an inmate at Souza: solitary confinement; a less harsh but still restricted block, general population; 'lifers block', for those serving life sentences; and the 'kitchen block', for those who work in the prison kitchen. It is unknown which area Hernandez will be put into. Hernandez will be Souza's most famous inmate yet, according to CNN. 'There will be a lot of staff that will treat him like an animal that he is, but there will be other staff that will want his autograph and treat him like a star,' said Larry Levine, a former federal inmate who spent 10 years in high- and minimum-security prisons and founded Wall Street Prison Consultants, which advises offenders and convicts heading to prison. It is unknown which cell block Hernandez will be placed in: solitary confinement; a less harsh but still restricted block, general population; 'lifers block', for those serving life sentences; and the 'kitchen block', for those who work in the prison kitchen . A corrections officer hands an inmate his meal through a small opening between the mess hall and the kitchen at Souza-Baranowski. This is how Hernandez will receive his meals . Ninety per cent of the inmates at the prison are locked in their cells, which include a bunk, toilet and sink combination, a small writing shelf, and a stool affixed to the floor, are locked in their cells for 19 hours a day. There is a shelf for a TV, which inmates can buy for about $200. The cells have two windows - one on the room's door that has slots for hand, middle and ankle cuffing, and a second that looks out to a wall, buildings or trees that is approximately 4in by 20in. On the same day as Hernandez's relocation, Lloyd's mother, Ursula Ward, said in a press conference that she will call Hernandez as a witness in the civil suit against him. In his new cell, Hernandez will be staying about ten minutes from Fort Devens, where for the last two years Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been held, according to WPRI. A corrections officer monitored the security camera system at Souza-Baranowski, where 366 cameras are used to monitor inmate activity . Electronics such as televisions, fans, and typewriters that can be purchased by inmates are clear so corrections officers know if they have been opened or tampered with . Ninety per cent of the inmates at Souza are locked in their cells, which include a bunk, toilet and sink combination, a small writing shelf, and a stool affixed to the floor, are locked in their cells for 19 hours a day .
Hernandez was moved on Wednesday to the maximum-security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts . He had been at Cedar Junction prison in Walpole since he was convicted April 15 of killing 27-year-old Odin Lloyd in 2013 . Souza-Baranowski is Massachusetts' newest and most advanced prison . Hernandez's cell will have a bunk, writing desk and stool, a combination sink and toilet and room for a TV, if he wants to spend $200 .