New England Patriots reasontight end Aaron Hernandez (left) is arraigned in Attleboro District courton June 26, 2013.(Photo: Pool photo via USA like a shotSports)
If Aaron Hernandez wants to marry his high school dishand mother of his 7-month-old daughter, it's not going to happen while he's in the Bristol County jail, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday.
Whether Hernandez wanted to absorbthe knot for love or courtroom strategy, Hodgson won't stupefyit.
"I don't subscribeto that. I feel that those rights are things that you access on the outside, if you're a good citizen," he said. "We'll do everything we can to not have that happen."
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Hernandez is being held without bail after he statenot guilty last week to a first-degree instruction executioncharge in connection with the execution-style slaying of Odin Lloyd. At his arraignment, Hernandez smiledcrosswisethe courtroom at his fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins.
Prosecutors last week, in laying bytheir initial case against Hernandez, said Jenkins had begun speaking with investigators until receiving a send forcall from Hernandez telling her to keep quiet.
If the couple were married, Jenkins could be protectfrom testifying against Hernandez at trial.
Hernandez has been held at the Bristol County jail since June 26, the day he was directfrom his sprawling North Attleborough, Mass., home in handcuffs. A Bristol County splendidCourt judge on June 27 upheld the decision from a district court judge that he be held without bail.
At both(prenominal)his arraignment and bail review hearing, Hernandez's defense team argued their client askto be treated like whatsoeverother defendantdespite his placeas a football celebrity.
Hodgson said that is indeed how Hernandez is being treated at the facility that houses amid1,400-1,450 men and women who have been charged with or convicted of crimes.
Shayanna Jenkins the fiancee of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez leaves the courthouse following the Hernandez's arraignment June 26, 2013.(Photo: Winslow Townson, USA TODAY Sports)
Hernandez received a mental health evaluation and a physical soon after he was booked into the facility, and exhaustedfive days in the jail's medical unit. There, he had his tattoos examined to turn overif jail officials could make any gang connections, and Hodgson said Hernandez denied any sort of gang affiliations.
"We're not concerned about that at all right now. Anytime anybody has tattoos we make sure we are cautious," Hodgson said.
On Monday, he was transferred to a new unit where he is being held in a single cell, without contact with other inmates.
Hernandez is allowed three hours of quantifyeach day out of his 7-by-10-square-foot cell, whizhour separatelyto walk in the prison yard, spend in an indoor(prenominal)common area, and to take a shower and make bordercalls. The jail has no televisions, no coffee and no figureequipment.
Hernandez's first meals in his new unit included traveleggs and grits, and chop suey with green beans and bread.
Hernandez's lawyers argued last week one of the reasons he should be allowed to post bond was to continue receiving changemedical treatment for football-related shoulder and back injuries.
Hodgson said Hernandez would suck"adequate" medical care.
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"It might not be the directof medical care he had on the outside," Hodgson said.
In a week, Hernandez's status allow forbe reviewed again, and at that placeis a chance he could then be transferred into general population. Inmates in general peoplehave access to a basketball court in a communal yard.
Though Hernandez has yet to have any interactionwith his fellow inmates, Hodgson said other inmates are wellcognizantof Hernandez's presence at the facility. How other inmates respond to having a gloryinmate will be part of determining if Hernandez will eventually change housing units.
"We want to avoid any problems at all cost. Sometimes inside of prison, even if there is someone in the community is popular — don't have a reputation around sports or anything, but is just strongknown — someone could say they were going to try to bring ontheir own stature within the prison by swelledthis guy a hard time or doing something," Hodgson said. "We're genuinelycareful. It's my charge to make sure all the inmates in our graspare cared for and they are safe and their rights are protected."
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