Kiefer Sutherland was sentenced to jail for 48 days and has surrendered himself to start his sentence.  He surrendered himself yesterday at about 5:30 p.m.

“Mr. Sutherland is very polite and humble. He was very cooperative during the booking process,” said jail spokesman Officer John Balian. “He will be issued an orange jumpsuit, and will be housed alone in a cell, since he’ll be a long-term inmate.”

Sutherland will be assigned to laundry and kitchen duty, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to the other inmates. As an inmate worker, he’ll be allowed the roam the jail “about 75 percent of the time” – rather than be confined to his cell all day – though the only time he’ll be in contact with other inmates is when he’s serving food, said Balian.

Sutherland is expected to serve his entire term, the L.A. City Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

“Sutherland will be serving the 48 days in the Glendale City Jail, with no early release and no good time/work time credit, so we expect that he will serve the entire 48 days in jail,” the statement said.

His cell measures 8 by 10 feet, and features a toilet, washbasin and water fountain, according to the jail’s Web site.

He will receive two hot and one cold meals a day. Among the menu items: Corn flakes, turkey sandwiches, meatloaf, macaroni and cheese and chicken a la king. He will be allowed visitors between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. for 15 minutes each. No more than two visits per day are allowed.

It sucks that people like Lindsay Lohan and such get out after an hour, but he has to serve all 48 days. I wonder what he’ll be thinking for the holidays.