Welp, it finally happened … Lindsay Lohan‘s day of reckoning has finally come and she has been sent directly to jail in order to pay for her long-outstanding crimes. Despite every bit of wrangling I’m sure she tried to finagle behind the scenes (which, I’m guessing, resulted in her losing ace attorney Robert Shapiro as her lawyer), Lindsay did show up in court today with previous attorney Shawn Chapman Holley (who, herself, tried to quit as Lindsay‘s lawyer) representing her so that she could surrender herself for sentencing. Here are a few photos of the somewhat contrite-looking Lohan in court earlier today mere moments before she was hauled off to jail to begin serving her 90 day jail sentence:

Lindsay Lohan … arrived in a Beverly Hills courtroom to turn herself in for jail. The “Mean Girls” star was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail earlier this month after a judge determined she violated her probation. She is likely to serve far less time due to jail overcrowding. Lohan arrived about 10 minutes late and was accompanied by attorney Shawn Chapman Holley and her mother. The 24-year-old has been free on bail since missing a court hearing in May for a 2007 drug and alcohol case. She has been on probation since August 2007 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor drug charges and no contest to three driving charges.

Altho it is likely that Lindsay will NOT serve out a full 90 days in jail, she will very likely be in the pokey for more than the 84 minutes she served the last time she was incarcerated. I understand she will prolly serve out about 20 days of her sentence in jail … roughly the same amount of time that Paris Hilton served when she was sentenced to jail a few years ago. Lindsay has already been booked, mugshotted and safely ensconced in her temporary new home at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA. After the jump, check out her stunning new mugshot and read some deets about what her life will be like behind bars …

Lindsay Lohan is now a “fish.” That’s what new inmates at the women’s jail are called, and to underscore their lowly status, each is given what’s called a “fish kit,” which is a sandwich bag containing a small tube of toothpaste, a white toothbrush, three packets of cream deodorant, three packets of shampoo and a small bar of soap. “Nothing is name brand. They’re all generic and cheap quality,” says Michelle, a former inmate who declined to give her last name, about the intake process at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif. As Lohan, 24, begins her 90-day sentence for violating probation in a DUI case, a strange and surreal world awaits, far from the perks and freedoms she enjoys during her jet-setting lifestyle – save one. She’ll have a show-business neighbor. According to a jail insider, Lohan will be housed in a 12-by-8 cell next to E! reality TV star Alexis Neiers, 19, who’s currently at Lynwood on a six-month sentence for her part in burglarizing Orlando Bloom’s house. But Neiers got the more famous digs: She’s in the cell once occupied by Paris Hilton … The biggest shock for the actress will likely be the approximate 22 hours of daily confinement in her cell, where she’ll be eating her meals. Smoking is also strictly forbidden, though an onsite medical staff is available if her nicotine withdrawal reaches dangerous proportions. Jail doctors also will provide Lohan with any medication she needs based on an evaluation. She also will have to give up her Twitter habit since inmates have no access to Internet or cell phones, a jail chaplain confirms, though she can still relay messages during visiting hours for friends and family to post. In fact, anything Lohan had on her person when she arrived at the facility was confiscated, including her watch, any jewelry, her medication, undergarments – hair extensions, if she’s wearing them – all which will be returned to her upon release. But Lohan won’t be completely cut off from the outside world. “The inmates on that pod [where she is housed] can watch TV through the window of the door on their cell,” the jail insider says. “They watch I Love Lucy, Wheel of Fortune, and a local news channel all day long.”

Dude, I Love Lucy? She’s got it made! Tho, I feel sorry for about the Twitter thing. I was not able to tweet as much as I wanted to while I was in Paris, France the past few days and it almost killed me … I hope the poor girl can make it out alive. I think she will be just fine behind bars … I mean, look at that smirky little smile she’s flashing in her mugshot. I’d be surprised if she actually learns her lesson after all. Lindsay‘s booking number is #2409752 … here is what her booking sheet looks like:

I’m not sure if her booking number is the same thing as her inmate number but, for now, Lindsay has been reduced to a number — gone is her celebrity status. I guess we’ll have to wait and see how long she will have to stay in the klink … I just hope she stays long enough to actually learn something, anything … maybe a trade, like license plate-making or basket weaving.

Lindsay‘s in jail, y’all … did you ever think this day would come?

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