One night stay in jail? No sweat! I was out in 6 1/2 hours.\n\nHere are some notes about my experience after getting my first DUI (slightest degree), which required me staying In jail for 10 days, 9 of which were suspended, meaning I needed to spend ONE day in jail.\n\nOne day to the jail is to be booked through the end of a 12 hour window (either noon to midnight or vice versa). Don't quote me on that but you'll understand my point of view shortly. I was to spend a day in jail so I thought I would go through self-surrender early in the morning to get out early the next day. I was informed by experiences others to go in late at night instead. I contacted the court (which will cost you $25 to change your incarceration date! - just one more fee...), changed my time to 10pm self surrender and went in that night. \n\nWhen arriving, drive yourself if you can afford to (meaning my girlfriend and I share a car but she could survive if I ended up being stuck in jail for 24 full hours so I drove myself). There is free parking right outside the self surrender area. Park yourself, leave all other keys in your car. That way you don't need to give anything up, you can keep it all with you through your stay.\nJust stand outside the giant door that says self surrender. They'll come and get you. Take an ID, a paperback book or magazine, and your car key in with you. It gets chilly once you're in the concrete jail for a good amount of time. I wore sweatpants over basketball shorts (in case I got warm) and a t-shirt with a light thermal over top of it and I was fine all evening. Actually took the thermal off and used it as a pillow to get some sleep.\nIt took about half an hour standing in a room while they did a medical questionnaire with the med staff, got my fingerprints and mug shots taken, got my \""Jail ID\"" and was then taken to the holding cell. It was probably 20' by 10' with two wall length concrete benches, one side shorter to accommodate a walled off toilet/sink in the back corner. The people you are with are either other one nighters or people that have served their sentence and are on their way out. Most people will be in pretty good spirits but if you're nervous just take a book and keep you nose in it. IF YOU BRING A BOOK, make it a non novel, something with short chapters or easy stop and go reading, as it's hard to focus with the relentless fluorescent light and talkative inmates. \nAnyway, once I was booked and midnight came, the county got paid for having me as an inmate for 'the day' (2 12 hour periods) as I was incarcerated for the 18th from 9pm-11:59am and the 19th from 12am-3:30am, a portion of each counts as all for their purposes. Once midnight came, they started processing people out. I was re-fingerprinted and moved around to a few more cells but then it was over. You get asked some identifying questions by the sergeant and then you're released. \n\nDO NOT GET IN YOUR HEAD ABOUT THIS. It will be over before you know it. In summation:\n-Reading material: bring a short chapter book, a funny quote book, book of lists, magazine etc\n-Personal Belongings: nothing besides clothes on your back, a jacket, single car key and one paper back book or magazine\n-Time of surrender: GO IN AT NIGHT or spend unnecessary time in a jail cell\n-Interaction: Keep an open mind. You won't be placed with anyone dangerous, but with people on their way out so they will be on their best behavior (mostly) so they can get out of jail.\n-Behavior: Listen intently when the officers speak and speak clearly when you speak. They deal with ignorant people all day and usually will have no patience for BS\n\nIf you have any other questions or concerns, ask around, do some research, but take everything with a grain of salt. I hope this helps someone at some point. Best of luck, criminal!