Michelle Rodriguez has been released from prison after serving just 17 days of her 180-day sentence.

The former "Lost" actress - who received the jail term for violating the terms of her probation after she was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol - was released from California's Lynwood County Jail at 7.50pm on Wednesday night due to prison overcrowding.

Tough girl Michelle Rodriguez gets out of jail early. The former Lost actress has been released from prison after completing just 17 days of her 180-day sentence, TMZ.com reports.

29-year-old Rodriguez checked into the Lynwood, California jail on December 23 to serve her sentence for violating probation. Her probation stemmed from her DUI arrest and by not completing her community service. She had also admitted to drinking three times while wearing an alcohol-monitoring anklet.

Michelle Rodriguez began her six-month prison sentence yesterday afternoon.

The former "Lost" star reported to California's Lynwood County Jail at 4.33pm to start her sentence for violating the terms of her probation after she was found guilty of DUI.

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Michelle Rodriguez's fans have launched an online petition to save her from jail.

The former "Lost" actress' supporters set up the appeal on her official website in protest at the 180-day prison sentence she must start by December 24 for breaking a probation order relating to her 2003 DUI charge.

Michelle Rodriguez is doing "a lot of hiding" ahead of her jail sentence. The former 'Lost' actress - who must serve 180 days in jail for breaking her probation stemming from a 2003 DUI charge - is making the most of her free time before she has to hand herself in to a Los Angeles County jail on December 24.

She told Us Weekly magazine: "I've been doing a lot of spa time, a lot of reading, a lot of hiding."