Sometimes jail time doesn't work, self punishment on the other hand…

A man has been ordered by a judge to stand outside a police station with an 'I'm an idiot' sign.

A man who threatened police officers in Cleveland has been ordered by a court to stand outside a police station with a sign describing himself as an idiot.

Man forced to wear 'idiot' sign for threatening police http://t.co/AAaa73DPuc pic.twitter.com/lYTmgWdU2Q

— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) September 5, 2013

Richard Dameron must stand outside for three hours each day for a week. He was convicted of threatening officers in emergency calls.

The judge who sentenced him previously made a woman wear an “idiot” sign in public for overtaking a parked school bus.