A Northland musician, a TV fishing star, a politician and a district councillor are all facing jail later this month.
The difference this time is that it will depend on the public as to whether - or how soon - they get out.
Blue Light Kerikeri, a police charity for youth, plans to imprison singer/actor Troy Kingi, Graeme Sinclair of the popular TV show Gone Fishin', and Labour candidate Willow-Jean Prime as a fundraising stunt on May 23.
They will be joined by district councillor Di Maxwell and community board member/well-known greenie Marty Robinson in a makeshift, yet secure, jail outside The Warehouse in Waipapa.
The public will be able to aid their release by donating to a bail fund. The jailer, youth aid Constable Rob Cameron of Kerikeri police, may also be open to requests to lock them up for longer.
The event, called Doing Time for Youth, will run from 11am-2pm.
Funds raised will go towards projects such as Mr Cameron's plans to set up a waka ama club for Waitangi and Paihia youth.
Waka ama was a physical, healthy activity that gave young people access to the ocean on their doorstep, Mr Cameron said. It was also an activity anyone could take part in, unlike sports which required a high degree of hand-eye co-ordination.
Mr Cameron helped set up a waka ama club in Te Tii in the northern Bay of Islands. Paddlers who started out as troubled young men in regular contact with the law are now waka ama champions who compete internationally.
For two weeks after Doing Time for Youth, everyone who shops at The Warehouse will be invited to donate $1 to Blue Light with funds raised used to send young people on Blue Light camps and life skills programmes.