EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Lindsay Lohan "Got Special Treatment" Says Former Jail Inmate
Aug. 10 2010, Published 4:10 a.m. ET
Lindsay Lohan spent 13 days in jail, but was hardly treated like a typical inmate says a woman who was at Lynwood Correctional Facility during Lohan’s stay.
“Lindsay had a lot of special treatment while she was in jail,” Katie A. told Breaking Celebrity News exclusively. “The entire jail was put on lockdown any time Lindsay left her cell. It felt like we were constantly on lockdown.
Katie asked that we not use her last name. Breaking Celebrity News confirmed she was in jail with Lindsay.
“She spent a lot of time in her cell, but she also went to the medical clinic several times a day.”
In addition to having the jail cleared while she was on the move, Katie says Lohan also got a brand new jail uniform everyday, while other inmates just got a clean pair once a week – if they were lucky.
“One employee of the jail had to spend his day searching the entire place for any books by Ernest Hemmingway for Lindsay,” Katie tells Breaking Celebrity News. “Those are the only books she would read.”
Breaking Celebrity News reported exclusively that Lindsay was reading the Old Man & The Sea when she went into jail but the book was taken away. We also reported she was able to get books while in jail.
Katie also says Lohan was granted her commissary order when she arrived to the jail on Tuesday, July 20 even though all orders are supposed to be placed by Monday night in order to receive them.
“I checked into Lynwood on the same Tuesday as Lindsay and had to wait until the next week for my commissary order to be placed,” Katie says. “But Lindsay got hers.