There's a huge war going on, your exaustes and looking for a place to crash.. you're contacts down in the federal lock up say the place is in lock down to reduce rioting. You know your safe house is compromised... it's a hard choice to make, but you decide it's your best bet. You make a call.

"hey, jones, I've been a bad boy... I think I need a nap in solitary.. ill even pay my fine without fuss...

Another day, another place:

"Hey Chris... the bilby boys have a gun sale on the counter on our turf.. I think.. I think we'll have to warn them off.. call Jones, tell him we'll have a tip for him. We can sell the guns ourselves.

Obviously, these aren't the best examples, but basically, my thought is this, why not have a solitaire cell in jails. Make it harder to bust someone from them, like allot harder. You pay to stay, or you pay to have someone stay. While it seems weird, it has its uses, someone in this jail will Be safe from being shot at.. but will be unable to access pretty much anything in game. Making it so they wouldn't be able to send mail or deal in drugs. I'd set a minimum time limit, like 8 hours. To bail them, you'd need an extremely high stat in jail busting and then it'd only be a chance that may end in death, or incarsaration yourself.