Lohan's 84-minutes in jail, why do we even bother?

What good does it serve society or Lindsay Lohan to spend 84 minutes in county jail? The resources spent processing her entry into the women's detention center in Lynwood were wasted for a sentence that is meaningless.That's what happened Thursday when the 21-year-old starlet showed up for her one-day sentence, was booked, held and then almost immediately released. According to the Associated Press account:

She was searched, fingerprinted and placed in a holding cell in the inmate reception area but got to keep her street clothes, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

She was cooperative," he said.

Lohan was released at 11:54 a.m. Her original daylong sentence was reduced because she met criteria that took into account overcrowding at the lockup and the fact that her crime was nonviolent, Whitmore said.