Any high profile inmate is going to be given "special treatment" as you said anyone in gen pop is going to want to make a name for themselves. Mabey they won't care who he is or mabey he can put a gang together quickly for protection (doubt). Most prisoners aren't going to Accept his hard man persona and would see him as a rich person ripe for extortion.

That said he is milking a systems that has been cronicly underfunded and hasn't kept pace with most studies with prisoners wellbeing. I doubt they are as bad as he says but complaining about not having hot water seems a bit low on his issues right now.