'Lost' Actress Given Expedited Release From Prison
Prison Officials Say Star Was Not Given Preferential Treatment
POSTED: 11:10 am HST April 28, 2006
UPDATED: 11:26 am HST April 28, 2006
HONOLULU -- "Lost" actress Michelle Rodriguez was released from prison Friday morning after spending about 64 hours behind bars.She was released at about 6:30 a.m. Her release was expedited, according to Oahu Community Correctional Center Warden Nolan Espinda.A judge on Tuesday gave Rodriguez the choice of a five-day jail sentence or 240 hours of community service for pleading guilty to drunken driving.Rodriguez was to spend only four calendar days in jail because of time served when she was arrested.No media were present when she was released. On Thursday, Espinda told KITV that the earliest Rodriguez could get out was 8 a.m. Friday.Rodriguez turned herself in to the Kaneohe District Court a little after 2 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving a four-day jail sentence. With her release Friday morning, that means she spent less than three full days in prison.Espinda said Rodriguez wasn't given special treatment. He said when a person is in custody, any portion of a single day counts as a day.Espinda says Rodriguez' release was expedited but he doesn't know why.Normally, the inmates that need to be transferred to court go first and then the prison releases happen. Espinda said perhaps that process happened faster than he anticipated.OCCC's warden said Rodriguez stayed in a dorm with 60 other female inmates. She ate three times a day and could watch TV and read and she had to keep her area clean, Espinda said. Unlike Rodriguez' bad girl dramas on "Lost" the warden said the actress' stay in prison was uneventful and that she acted graciously.It may not be the last time Rodriguez gets locked up. She faces 18 months in prison at a probation violation hearing next month, stemming from a DUI conviction in California.
Previous Stories:
- April 25, 2006: ABC's 'Lost' Star Chooses Jail Time For DUI Conviction
- December 29, 2005: 'Lost' Star Rodriguez Faces DUI Trial
- December 17, 2005: Police Report Finds 'Lost' Star In Drunken State
- December 2, 2005: 'Lost' Star Faces Possible Jail Time
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