Weeping Lindsay Lohan Jailed

Lohan's lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley said she had not prepared to defend against the alcohol monitor report because the judge had said it would only affect bail for the actress.

Judge Revel doubled Lohan's bail to $US200,000 ($240,000) after learning of the alert last month. Lohan arrived about 10 minutes early for the hearing. Her father, Michael, and younger sister also attended.

The hearing immediately hit a snag as Ms Chapman Holley and prosecutor Danette Meyers sparred on what evidence could be introduced. Lohan was arrested for driving under the influence three years ago. After a stay in rehab, she was caught two months later for drink-driving and cocaine possession.

She pleaded guilty to two misdemeanour counts of being under the influence of cocaine and no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08 per cent and one count of reckless driving.

She served a mere 84 minutes in jail in 2007 after the arrests. She was sentenced to three years of probation but had to ask for a year-long extension in October after she failed to complete her alcohol-education courses on time.

"It's just been such a long haul and I don't want you to think I don't respect you and your terms because I really did think I was doing what I was supposed to," Lohan told the judge.

Lohan has starred in films such as Disney's Parent Trap, Herbie Fully Loaded and Georgia Rule, and has worked as a model and singer. She is now working on a film about porn star Linda Lovelace.

Tabloids have covered her hard-partying lifestyle, her busy social life dating men and women, her run-ins with the law, and now her latest move: to a correctional facility.