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Phil Spector Is Behind Bars, Wants His iPod

  • Posted on Jun 24th 2009 4:00PM by Benjy Eisen
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Legendary producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector may be taking the Martha Stewart approach to jail-time. At least, in a way. Spector, age 69, has just begun to serve his 19 years to life sentence and, according to the Associated Press, he'd like to serve it with certain luxuries: specifically, the ability to listen to music, check email and watch his favorite shows.

Spector is being held in a single cell in a "sensitive-needs facility" area of his new home, the State Prison at Corcoran, Calif. As a medium-security inmate at California's largest prison, he is allowed to ask for certain creature comforts and, at the top of his list, are an iPod, a television and a computer. Prison officials have indicated that those wishes will likely be granted.

Spector was transferred to Corcoran after an evaluation at North Kern State Prison where, he claims, he was mistreated. His allegations are being investigated. This isn't the first time the Corcaran State Prison has seen a celebrity locked behind its chains: In 1999, Robert Downey Jr. served time there as the result of a probation violation. No word on what comforts Downey was granted, but, you know -- he got out.
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srosadosul

This is a joke or moust of you are doin drugs he is now a fucking crimunaql

June 28 2009 at 2:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
zbornme

Mr. Sphincter, At best you are a single cell, bottom feeding ameba. Now that your single cell being dwells in a steel barred cell you should start feeding on your cellmates bottom.
Yes Phillip you should be hand cuffed to a toilet and forced to tongue your mates behind. Each fresh salad you toss will save toilet paper - once you have saved the prison enough money you may plead your case for an ipod.
On the other hand - it's probable that no one wants you licking their ass. Good luck!!

June 27 2009 at 11:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
craig and debbie

It take an average of $70,000 per year to house a imate to give a CONVICTED murder his demands is crap what we should give All convicted murders is a needle in the arm and save a buck or two!!!!!!!!!

June 27 2009 at 5:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Ramon

It is a rarity for a prisoner to get a tv, and rarer still one that gets any significant channels. All over the US there are certain prisons and certain jails that have some privilages for those who are showing some reform, but for the most part those privilages are available so that prison employees can have a sense of their own security and well being. And when someone points out a reality tv show, please remember it is a tv show and not reality. There are honour farms that do offer more comforts to prisoners who have worked towards their reform, and I for one am a great advocate to reward reform and not punish it, for those of you who want to punish reform, I say we get the zip codes of those folks and parole all of the folks that we do not reward who have shown some kind of reform and send them there, perfect. Also remember that 80% of these honour camps are actually outside work detail or fire camps, and its these folks, both men and women, who we send in to fight wild fires first berfore our "professionals" go in, and seeing these folks work, I am glade they are beside me out there fighting those fires, there greater % of deaths and injuries are actually suffered from these prisoners out there, and we never hear about them. I saw an inmate fire fighter women, lead two kids to safty from a raging wild land fire and my position is, give them a tv, ice cream, a pool, what ever!!!!!

June 27 2009 at 3:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
eroticpanther75

"I think all criminals should be allowed to do what ever their victims are able to do..."

DragonladyRohan, VERY WELL SAID!

June 27 2009 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Isabel

GOD!! GIVE HIM A HAT TO COVER UP HIS HEAD!!! YIKES!!!

June 27 2009 at 1:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
sheltonboys3

This is unfair, and I think it suck that in this country the people with the money can do anything. Is he any less of a murderer than the guy in the next cell. If he is allowd to have it then everyone should be alowed to have it. My brother died in prisom, never murdered, stabbed,raped anyone. He was bi-polar, two days after his eightenth birthday he went with some guys from school and robbed a store. No one even had a scratch on them, he got 15yrs. on his first offence ever, never even had a parking ticket. They wouldnt even give him the braces he needed for his feet, or any mental help. He committed suicide at their neglagence, but a rich murderer gets an ipod, bullshit. You want to investagate abuse, go to all the prisons, thats just what prison is. I think our sorry president should get off his but and keep things like this form happenning. Where all that change thats coming.

June 27 2009 at 8:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Mik Hooligan

Execute the basterd!!!
save some money!!!

June 27 2009 at 7:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Shelley

you have to be kidding who does he think he is, he is just like anyone else a murderer and shouldn't get anything special

June 27 2009 at 7:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Maubidea

I believe Jeff maybe referring to “La Catedral”, the sham of a prison that at one time housed Pablo Escobar. Replete with waterbed, a 60” television, a Jacuzzi and other non-government issued amenities. Only in a country where money could buy the Presidency, the blind eye of a prison Warden or the soiled undergarments of a deceased celebrity pedophile would such considerations be possible. After all, life without an iPod might be interpreted as cruel and unusual punishment even for capital offenders . . . or not!

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