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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0115_lawrence-phillips_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2016/01/15/0115-lawrence-phillips-getty-7.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/lawrence-phillips/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lawrence Phillips&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; complained that prison staffers were screwing with him in the month before he died ... messing with his mail and breaking his TV ... according to a letter penned by the ex-NFL star. &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TMZ Sports&lt;/strong&gt; obtained the letter Phillips sent to his old high school football coach on Dec. 6th -- in which he implied staffers at Kern Valley State Prison were NOT delivering his mail. &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;The mail situation is terrible&lt;/strong&gt;,\" Phillips wrote.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Everyone is pointing the finger at everyone else. I surely am not receiving all my mail as well as mail I am sending is not being received. There were two letters you mentioned that I never received. This new attorney has said he is addressing the issue&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.\"&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;There's more ... in the letter, Phillips implies prison staffers also broke the TV in his cell ... a 1-man cell that was segregated from the general population. &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am allowed a television or a radio. They broke my television so I am listening to the radio. I get a lot more done without the television anyway&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.\"&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/Lawrence%20Phillips%20letter%203.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0115_Lawrence-Phillips_sub_doc_launch\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2016/01/15/0115-lawrence-phillips-sub-doc-launch-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;As we previously reported, the prison says Lawrence committed suicide early Wednesday morning -- but his &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/13/lawrence-phillips-family-doesnt-buy-suicide-claims/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;close friends and family say they don't believe it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; because he was in good spirits despite the fact he was facing the death penalty in the killing of his former cell mate.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;It seems to line up with the letter in which he engages in some fun banter about college football -- and pondered about Jon Gruden possibly coaching at USC.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;When it came to his case, Phillips noted he was confident he would &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2015/12/07/lawrence-philips-begs-judge-dont-make-me-look-like-a-killer/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;be found not guilty of the crime&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;We called the prison for comment -- but were told \"everything associated with this is being investigated and we can't comment on anything at this time.\"&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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