Inside LiLo's First 24 Hours

That's enough time to learn a lesson, right?

(NEWSER) - Lindsay Lohan checked into jail at 8:48pm last night to serve her 30-day sentence … and promptly checked out again less than five hours later, around 1:30am, TMZ reports. The gossip site had previously noted that LiLo would most likely be released after mere hours due to prison overcrowding at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif. If this experience doesn’t teach her a lesson, we’re not sure what will... (Click to see Lindsay's various courtroom styles .) More»

She almost had to stay in prison for lack of cash

(NEWSER) - Just about as quickly as she was sent back to jail , Lindsay Lohan was sprung from it —but she almost wasn’t. The broke actress’s bail was set at $300,000, and she “hasn’t earned that sort of money in a long time,” a source tells PopEater . “There was a moment when the family honestly thought Lindsay wasn't going to be released because they didn't have that amount of money available to post bail.” (The source, hilariously, goes on to call the idea of LiLo remaining locked up a “tragedy.”) More»

Jailbird starlet will enter rehab for addiction

(NEWSER) - Lindsay Lohan will undergo treatment for addiction to methamphetamine and bipolar disorder when she enters rehab after she's released from jail, TMZ reports . Meth and opiates are Lohan's "drugs of choice," a source says. The troubled actress, who's proving to be a high-maintenance inmate as she serves 90 days for a probation violation, may be sprung as soon as today. More»

Ex Samantha Ronson visits troubled starlet in jail

(NEWSER) - If the UK tabs are to be believed, Lindsay Lohan is under 24-hour watch in jail because officials are concerned about scratches on her arms. “They are suitably worried by the marks to confiscate her prison-issue toiletries,” a source tells the Mirror . More from the world of Lohan:

• If nothing else, Lohan’s jail term appears to be bringing her and ex-galpal Samantha Ronson together. Ronson visited for about an hour yesterday, but her only comment to reporters who asked how Lohan is doing was, “How do you think she’s doing?” People reports. Ronson later tweeted, “Song Of The Day: Rolling Stones—Waiting on A Friend.”

Meanwhile, Father of the Year accused of assault

(NEWSER) - The Delusional Quote of the Day comes to us from a source “very close” to Lindsay Lohan, who tells PopEater LiLo will be spending her time in jail writing music…and the resulting album “will definitely get nominated for a Grammy.” For more on her inevitable musical comeback, click here . More from the world o' Lohans:

• Some inmates are “pissy” about Lindsay’s “special treatment,” one recently released woman tells the New York Daily News . There are rumors, denied by the prison, of her own TV and dresser, special food, a private phone, and her own guard.