Kiefer Sutherland won’t be getting any breaks on his prison time. Though it was originally thought that he wouldn’t actually serve many hours on his 48 day sentence for DUI and probation violation, it turns out that he will do every single day. It was believed Kiefer, 40, would get time off five days a week to go to work, and have to report to jail for the evenings and weekends. Yeah, doesn’t that sound nice. If everyone got that, I think 95% of the population would recklessly commit crimes. You get to go to work, save your cash, and flop down on a free (albeit concrete) bed with a complimentary dinner every night. Yeah it’s not plus, but think about it – every dollar you earn would be pure profit. Apparently realizing that getting to go to work on a catered television set with your own private trailer wasn’t much of a punishment, Judge Stuart M. Rice sentenced Sutherland to the full 49 days in the Glendale City Jail along with five years probation, and six months of weekly therapy, and the mandatory completion of an 18-month alcohol education program. Kiefer cannot earn time off for good behavior or work release.

“Mr. Sutherland is very polite and humble. He was very cooperative during the booking process,” said jail spokesman Officer John Balian. “He will be issued an orange jumpsuit, and will be housed alone in a cell, since he’ll be a long-term inmate.” Sutherland will be assigned to laundry and kitchen duty, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to the other inmates. As an inmate worker, he’ll be allowed the roam the jail “about 75 percent of the time” – rather than be confined to his cell all day – though the only time he’ll be in contact with other inmates is when he’s serving food, said Balian.

Sutherland previously released a statement saying, “I’m very disappointed in myself for the poor judgment I exhibited recently, and I’m deeply sorry for the disappointment and distress this has caused my family, friends and co-workers on 24 and at 20th Century Fox. I appreciate the support and concern that has been extended to me these last weeks both personally and professionally.”

[From People]

Kiefer’s new residence won’t be nearly as nice as his plush mansion. His trailer, relatively Spartan when compared to his home, is absolutely luxurious compared to his cell, which measures 8 by 10 feet. It has a toilet, water fountain, and a sink. He’ll get two hot meals a day and one cold – generally a cereal breakfast. Like Paris Hilton and all the Hollywood socialites before him, he’ll get a simple diet of turkey and bologna sandwiches supplemented with the occasional macaroni, meatloaf, and chicken.

Kiefer seems to be a pretty hard-living kind of guy, so I’m reluctant to give him the old “Hopefully this will turn him around” treatment. But you never know. He’ll either realize nothing’s worth bologna, or start to get used to it.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Header image is Keifer’s booking photo, thanks to Splash News.