Spector Having Rough Time in Prison

Hal Lifson, publicist for Phil Spector, says the producer is not doing well in the jail where he is serving a 19 years to life sentence for killing actress Lana Clarkson.

Spector is two months into his sentence at Corcoran State Prison in California where he is in what amounts to virtual solitary confinement. Lifson told BBC6, "He's in a horrible situation with virtually nothing to do all day. Phil Spector was always a highly productive, creative person and now he's in a five by nine foot cell with no windows and maybe a half hour outside to walk around.

"It's essentially solitary confinement. He doesn't have computer access, he only recently got a little TV. It's a terrible existence for a millionaire record producer who lived in mansions and most recently in a castle, a 35-room home.

"It's a huge, huge change of life for Phil Spector and a devastating turn in his life."

As if that wasn't enough, Spector has a fan at a neighboring facility, cult leader Charles Manson. According to the New York Post, Manson has called on Spector to get together for a musical meeting.

Spector's wife, Rachelle, told the paper "A guard brought Philip a note from Manson, who said he wanted him to come over to his [lockup]. He said he considers Philip the greatest producer who ever lived. It was creepy. Philip didn’t respond."