Special Treatment? Lindsay Lohan in and Out of Jail in Five Hours

No wonder she keeps screwing up. No matter how hard she tries, no matter how seemingly idiotic her behavior, no matter how many rules she breaks that would get a poor non-celebrity hard jail time, Lindsay Lohan keeps wriggling free of jail.

This time, she only saw the inside of a jail cell for 5 hours out of a 30 day sentence because of overcrowding.

How did that happen again, exactly?

Last week, after having blown her recently obtained court-ordered probation in October, Lohan received a new sentence of 30 days in jail, to be followed by a "strictly structured schedule of therapy and community service" from a judge.

According to the L.A. Times, "prosecutors told the court that Lohan was a no-show at the Downtown Women's Center for 14 of the 19 shifts she'd scheduled, and worked less than the required four-hour minimum on three of the five times she showed up. When it came to her once-a-week psychological counseling sessions, they said, she'd canceled or rescheduled 12 of 20 appointments."

At the time of her latest sentencing, the L.A. Times said Lohan was "likely to serve only six days given because of overcrowding at the facility."

Instead, Lohan only served five hours of the sentence.

According to the AP:

"The 'Mean Girls' actress was booked into the Century Regional Detention facility in Lynwood at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, in what was expected to be a short stay because of jail overcrowding. Deputy Tony Moore said Lohan was released early Monday, but didn't have an exact time. News crews staking out the jail said she left at 1:40 a.m. in a black Cadillac Escalade sport utility vehicle, and that she was in her Venice home by 2 a.m."

Do you think Lindsay Lohan received special treatment because she was a celebrity? Should she have been forced to do real jail time after her consistent parole violations?

In case you think it was unfair, take comfort in knowing that it's not all champagne and caviar for Lohan. She still has to complete 423 hours at the county morgue, as well as mandated (and apparently much-needed) psychotherapy sessions.