Nicole Richie Serves 82 Minutes

Nicole Richie quietly went to jail to serve her sentence for DUI while the spotlight was on Lindsay Lohan. Richie checked herself into Lynwood jail, where Paris did her time, and she left a free Woman after 82 minutes. According to the official website of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept., Richie checked in at 3:15 PM and was released at 4:37 PM. She was assigned to a cell for only 35 minutes. Richie was sentenced to four days in jail for driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway while under the influence. She was given credit for 1 day because she was in jail for 6 hours after her arrest. A Sheriff's source says Richie was routinely processed and released according to normal operating rules. Overcrowding was a major factor in her early release. The Sheriff's Department released a statement regarding the 82-minute incarceration of Nicole Richie: "On August 23 2007, at 3:15 PM Miss Nicole Camille Richie reported to CRDF and surrendered herself following a July 27 arrest, she was sentenced to serve 96 hours in County Jail. Miss Richie was accompanied by her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley and her boyfriend Joel Madden. Miss Richie was booked and processed into the jail system. Miss Richie was cooperative during the process. Based on her sentence and federal court guidelines, Miss Richie was released at 4:37 PM." See more Paris Hilton Lindsay Lohan Nicole Richie Joel Madden