Aaron Hernandez of NE Patriots - Charged with Murder

[Duchess]

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Aaron Hernandez has swapped his $1.3m mansion for a 7ft by 10ft grim prison cell where the other inmates think he is a 'punk'.

The former New England Patriots star, who was arrested last month for murder, is adjusting to life in the Bristol County House of Correction in Massachusetts, where he has less space than a bathroom in his old house.

He is locked down in solitary for 21 hours a day and is only allowed one hour of exercise a day in a cage-like pen with a guard watching him at all times.

His 6ft by 1inch frame is so large that he does not even fit on his standard issue metal bed.

And gone are his Patriots nutritional consultants to ensure he is eating the right food - in their place are unhealthy muffins, grits for breakfast and burritos for dinner.

Inside his prison cell - which he has to keep neat at all times - is the metal bed with thin mattress, a pillow and a blanket, a combined toilet and sink with a seat that doesn’t fit and a small metal desk with a stool attached to it.

Each day begins with breakfast at 6am for Inmate No. 174594, formerly No. 81 for the Patriots, said Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. He said: ‘He’ll get an egg - one egg, and a portion of grits. Nobody is asking Hernandez, 23, for autographs as prison guards have been told to treat him like anybody else.

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