The 69-year-old record producer, serving at least 19 years for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, arrived Monday at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, corrections officials said.
A prison spokesman said Spector is housed in a medium-security special needs unit designed for inmates who need extra protection. Those offenders include former gang members, those whose crimes such as sexual assault make them targets, and high-profile inmates.
Mr. Spector is high notoriety, the spokesman, Stephen Smith, said. Other famous inmates who have passed through the prison include Robert Downey Jr. and Prison Break actor Lane Garrison.
Spector will be permitted to have musical instruments in his cell, and inmates in his unit often sing and play music together, Smith said.
The facility he is on now, there are a bunch of inmates that have instruments and they all play together on the exercise yard, Smith said.
