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.

Lohan will also be given a set of simple toiletries that all inmates receive: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, comb, deodorant, shampoo and shaving implements. With only a public pay phone, the frequent micro-blogger will likely be silent on Twitter. For more comfortable accommodations, Lohan could petition the court to “pay to stay” in one of about a dozen smaller jails, such as those located in nearby Beverly Hills, Burbank or Glendale.

But if approved by her sentencing judge, she would probably serve more of her 90-day sentence at these facilities because they aren’t as overcrowded as Lynwood.

Perhaps money can’t buy you everything.