Martin Horn, a former Department of Correction commissioner, said the facility was not “luxurious,” but not “draconian” either. It contains about 10 cells on each block, as opposed to the nearly 30 on a typical Rikers cell block, he said. Mr. Weinstein — who, friends have said, is terrified of being behind bars — faces up to 29 years in prison when he is sentenced on Wednesday. He has hired a prison consultant to help him navigate the journey from life on the outside to life in a cell.

Last week, a jury of seven men and five women found Mr. Weinstein guilty of raping an actress at a Manhattan hotel in 2013 and forcing oral sex on a production assistant in 2006. But the jury acquitted him of the two most serious charges against him, predatory sexual assault.

Six women had testified during the trial that Mr. Weinstein had sexually assaulted them, but he was not criminally charged in all of those cases. Some of the women were allowed to give their accounts to show a pattern of behavior.

As the jury read the verdict, Mr. Weinstein said several times to his lawyers, “But I’m innocent.” A few hours later, he was hospitalized with chest pains.

One of Mr. Weinstein’s lawyers, Arthur Aidala, said he visited the producer at Bellevue for two hours on Thursday. Shortly after he left, Mr. Aidala said, he learned that Mr. Weinstein was going to be transferred.

“I’m sure he was disturbed,” the lawyer said. “I would have liked to have calmed him down and let him know that he would be safe.”

He said Mr. Weinstein had asked him about the appeals process and what to expect at his sentencing.

They also discussed his case in Los Angeles, where prosecutors have charged Mr. Weinstein with rape and related offenses. Announced in January, the charges stem from the allegations of two women who allege that the producer attacked them at hotels in February 2013, when he was in the city for a film festival.