Lindsay Lohan Begins Serving House Arrest

It's official: Lindsay Lohan has begun serving house arrest at her Venice, Calif., home.

The 24-year-old actress surrendered to the authorities at Lynwood Jail at 5:02 a.m. on Thursday, potentially to begin serving a 120-day jail sentence stemming from a probation violation. Instead, she was found eligible for home confinement, fitted with an electronic ankle monitor and released to serve out her sentence from the comfort of her bachelorette pad.

L.A. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore confirmed the news, telling People, "She is now confined to the interior premises of her home at all times." Though Lohan could serve up to 120 days of house arrest, that sentence will likely be reduced to as little as two weeks due to good behavior and police budgetary contraints.

Along with her house arrest, Lohan must perform 480 hours of community service: Lindsay will serve 360 of that pitching in at the Downtown Women's Shelter, and she'll reportedly knock out the other 120 with janitorial work at the L.A. County morgue. Lohan has already begun working at the Women's Center, and has even said she "enjoys" it -- but the judge forbade her from continuing that service during her house arrest.

Back in April, Lohan was sentenced to 120 days in jail (a sentence she said she found "shocking") due to a probation violation tied to her alleged theft of a $2,500 necklace. But after Lohan pled no contest to the necklace theft, an L.A. Sheriff's spokesperson said it was likely that the actress would be allowed to serve that time in her own home, due to overcrowding in the jails and the fact that she was a nonviolent offender -- and that's exactly what has happened.

Lohan is still slated to appear in John Travolta's upcoming Gotti: Three Generations project, alongside such heavy hitters as Joe Pesci and Al Pacino. Maybe Lohan can use this time in isolation to get into character.

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/lindsay-lohan-begins-serving-house-arrest/1-a-353463

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