Kiefer Sutherland is getting some celebrity company in the pokey.
Former Hour Magazine emcee Gary Collins has surrendered to authorities and begun a short stint in Glendale City Jail—billed on its Website as the "third busiest municipal jail in the county of Los Angeles."
He turned himself in at 7:30 a.m., according to John Balian of the Glendale Police Department.
"He'll be here for four days and will pay $75 each day. He's not considered a worker inmate so he won't have to [do laundry or kitchen duties, à la Sutherland]," added Balian.
Collins, 69, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor DUI charges in December and was sentenced to four days in the slammer of his choosing.
He was initially due to turn himself in by last week, but on Thursday he got an extension to Apr. 4.
Collins opted to pay to be locked up in a 10-by-8-foot cell in Glendale rather than be incarcerated for free in the hard-core Los Angeles County Jail, aka the Twin Towers. Sutherland made a similar choice and began his 48-day Glendale residency on Dec. 5.
The Glendale facility boasts around 700 prisoners and a menu that features, per its Website, "a variety of meals that range from corn flake cereal to meatloaf, turkey sandwiches, macaroni & cheese dinner or a Chicken à la King meal." (Don't downplay the drawing power of Chicken à la King—and the lack of gang riots.)
Collins earned his ticket to jail on Oct. 23, after an 89-year-old driver veered into oncoming traffic and smashed into Collins' Ford Explorer, causing it to careen into two parked cars in the L.A. suburb of Sherman Oaks.
Collins flubbed a sobriety test and was booked on misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent. Two days after being released on $40,000 bail, he checked into a 60-day rehab facility. He entered his no-contest plea after wrapping up his treatment.
In addition to jail, L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Rebecca Omens sentenced Collins to four years' probation, a $500 fine, 100 hours of community service, 26 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and an 18-months alcohol-education program. The erstwhile Circus of the Stars star was also ordered to pay restitution for the damage caused to the parked cars.
Warren Gates, the elderly man who plowed into Collins' SUV, died from injuries sustained in the crash. Police determined the motorist was at fault and Collins did not face any additional charges; however, there's a possibility he may be named in a civil suit.