Michelle Rodriguez is the latest celebrity recipient of a get-out-of-jail-early card.
The former Lost star was released from Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, Wednesday after serving just 18 days of her 180-day sentence for violating her probation in a DUI case.
Rodriguez was reportedly set free early due to overcrowded conditions at the jail, despite the fact that a judge had ordered her to serve out her full sentence with no option of work furlough, early release or home confinement.
Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore denied that Rodriguez received any special treatment as a result of her celebrity status.
"She was treated the same way as all female inmates," Whitmore said in a statement. "The sheriff supports the desire to have inmates serve their full sentence but is limited because of the extent of overcrowding."
Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie each served just over an hour of their respective DUI sentences at the same facility, while Paris Hilton was released 23 days into her 45-day sentence for a probation violation.
Rodriguez was handed her sentence in October, after she owned up to failing to complete her 30 hours of court-ordered community service. She also acknowledged drinking alcohol on several occasions in defiance of the monitoring bracelet on her ankle.
Over the years, Rodriguez's police file has been growing steadily thicker.
The Girlfight star was sentenced to three years' probation in 2004 after she pleaded no contest to misdemeanor DUI, hit and run and driving with a suspended license.
Her L.A.-based probation was revoked last year after she racked up a string of speeding tickets in Hawaii while filming Lost, not to mention a DUI arrest in December 2005, for which she served four days in an Oahu lockup.
In May 2006, she was sentenced to 60 days in jail for violating her probation but was released after just four hours and 20 minutes due, once again, to overcrowding.