Phil Spector

Phil Spector has already been roughed up by the legal system. Now the convicted killer and certified creep is receiving a new taste of jail house justice!

The hot-tempered music legend is minding his tongue after having several teeth knocked out by a fellow inmate at the state prison in Corcoran, Calif.

"Phil has quite a mouth on him," says longtime pal Steven Escobar. "Not everyone understands his humor. He said the wrong thing to the wrong inmate."

Lacking any of his trusty firearms, poor Phil Spector wound up with a bruised nose, a black eye and the loss of a couple of caps, according to Escobar.

This is Phil Spector. This is just terrifying.

"He mouthed off to a big guy, who punched him," a source says of Phil, who's serving 19 years to life for shooting Lana Clarkson in the mouth in 2003.

"At first, Phil said that he fell down a flight of stairs," says Escobar of his incarcerated buddy. "Later, he told family and friends what really happened."

A spokesman for Spector's wife, Rachelle, initially corroborated that there was a jail house incident in November, telling the N.Y. Daily News: "There are safety concerns."

"We don't want the people who put him in this position to retaliate."

Rachelle did a 180, saying: "Phil was not assaulted. Absolutely not."

Mmm hmm.

Following a transfer of prison residences, music producer and murderer Phil Spector was photographed by the California Department of Corrections again this week.

Unlike his prior photo shoots, Spector, who was sentenced to 19 years for murdering actress Lana Clarkson, was not allowed to wear a wig, per state regulations.

As a result, you have one of the creepiest celeb mugshots in history.

Yes, it's even worse the previous Phil Spector mug shot. It is quite terrifying. And a little amusing in a morbid sort of way. Follow the jump to check it out:

Famed record producer and songwriter turned murderer Phil Spector is settling into his new prison home these days - though he himself is quite unsettling.

Without the coverage of his trademark wig in his latest mug shot, Spector resembles ... a crazy, psychopathic murderer. Maybe we shouldn't be shocked.

Follow the jump to see one of the freakiest celebrity mugshots ever ...