If Hollywood has taught us anything about organized crime, it's that behind every successful mob boss there's a strong woman — or, at the very least, a complicit one. The beautiful Emma Coronel is like a real-life Carmela Soprano or Elvira Hancock, but the wife of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman actually puts both movie characters to shame with her big spending and unwavering support of her dangerous husband.
If Hollywood has taught us anything about organized crime, it's that behind every successful mob boss there's a strong woman — or, at the very least, a complicit one. The beautiful Emma Coronel is like a real-life Carmela Soprano or Elvira Hancock, but the wife of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman actually puts both movie characters to shame with her big spending and unwavering support of her dangerous husband.
While there are certainly pros and cons in the life of a celebrity, we've all wondered if celebrities do, in fact, get an easier ride than the rest of us when it comes to the law. In a 2013 report from The Sentencing Project, researchers suggested that "the United States in effect operates two distinct criminal justice systems: one for wealthy people and another for poor people and minorities."
No matter how you slice it, going to jail is inevitably going to be a humbling experience, especially when your every move is splashed across the tabloids. These celebs have done some time in the slammer, but no matter the crime, the circumstance, or length of time behind bars, each star has managed to walk away with an incredible story to share. From forming unlikely friendships to having odd moments of clarity, here's how the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Kiefer Sutherland, and more celebrities passed the time while incarcerated.
As a general observation, celebrities have a unique way of seeming to be able to skirt justice — remember the 82 minutes of her four-day sentence that Nicole Richie served for a 2007 DUI? But that's certainly not always the case. In fact, there are stars on this list who will likely die in prison. Some claim to have been wrongly convicted, while others have taken full responsibility for their actions and are just biding their time in the big house before reentering society. There's even a teenage rapper in here who shot to stardom on the very day that he cut his home arrest ankle monitor off and became a fugitive on murder charges.
Mike Coppola/Getty Images By /Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 2:59 pm EDT Being a big star certainly doesn't prevent you from getting locked up, nor does …
