An 82-year-old woman who has been imprisoned in jails in Orange County and Los Angeles at least nine times over the course of her life was sentenced to six years last month after pleading guilty to seven burglary charges, an LA Times blog stated.

Doris Ann Gamble, who has used 25 different aliases since she first committed crimes in 1955, was sentenced in a Torrance courtroom for her burglaries of doctors' offices in the area. She was arrested in September for taking $400 in cash and checks, $25 worth of stamps, a medical device used to test children's hearing and a plastic urine container - materials worth about $1,400, the Register reported.

While she is sentenced to six years and eight months, The Associated Press reported Gamble could get out of jail in as little as three years. Gamble and her lawyer fought to have her placed in a state prison as opposed to a county jail because she believes state facilities offer better healthcare. She rejected earlier plea agreements with prosecutors until they allowed her to be held in a state prison.

Low-level or non-violent criminals have been transferred from state prisons to county lockups since the California realignment program went into effect in October 2011. Many county facilities have reported overcrowding as a result of the program as well as a need for more correctional officers to deal with the rise in inmates and parolees now under county supervision. The Torrance Police Department offers a "Pay to Stay" program at the Torrance Jail for inmates wishing to serve their time in a personal cell at a less-crowded facility, according to the city's website. The program costs $99 a day.