Lindsay Lohan to begin jail sentence in bleak detention facility

INSIDE a nondescript two-story building next to a busy freeway in a neighbourhood far removed from Hollywood is where Lindsay Lohan will likely spend several weeks from today.

Lohan is due to begin her sentence at the bleak, 16-year-old Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, as part of her punishment for violating her drink driving probation. But thanks to jail overcrowding and a state programme that credits inmates for good behaviour, offenders such as Lohan typically serve only about 25% of their sentences.

She will be searched, fingerprinted and will be issued an orange jumpsuit.