Tom Sizemore on Monday was sentenced to 16 months in prison for violating his probation in a drug-related case - though a prosecutor tells PEOPLE the actor will only serve two to seven months should he receive credit for time he's already spent in rehab.

Last week, in anticipation of his sentencing, [Sizemore] tearfully begged Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis not to put him behind bars.

But prosecutors insisted that Sizemore has been given enough breaks, with Deputy District Attorney Sean Carney telling the judge, "I think the time has come for the court to revoke his probation."

"I think it's clear from his record that probation isn't the answer," Carney tells PEOPLE. "He used a Whizzinator, he lied to the court, he has a history of domestic violence and of deceiving the court, and given somebody with that kind of problem, the court needs to send him to the kind of rehab he's not going to be able to walk away from: prison."

The Deputy D.A. clearly has an ax to grind regarding the slippery Sizemore, having been thrown off the trail one too many times by the Whizzinator and similar pee-test-hacking devices. Still, a few months of incarceration might by the cold dose of sober reality the actor needed to get back on track, during which he can maximize his time behind bars bartering for the highest possible price for his exit interview—topping out now at a complimentary Subway spread with all the fixings courtesy of "Martin Bashir and the Gang at Nightline."

• Sizemore Gets 16 Months For Breaking Probation [People]

Tom Sizemore surrendered to a Los Angeles court Tuesday on an arrest warrant for allegedly violating probation.

Sizemore, 45, was arrested on May 8 in Bakersfield, Calif., for investigation of using crystal methamphetamine outside a hotel. He was charged with five drug-related felonies and pleaded not guilty to each on May 22.

But at the time of his arrest, the Black Hawk Down actor was on probation stemming from a conviction of meth possession in October 2004. The Los Angeles District Attorney has asked a judge to revoke the probation.

Sizemore faces 16 months in state prison if it's found that he violated probation.

Sizemore once claimed to have had a tryst with fellow sex tape star Paris Hilton in his home gym/juice bar/sling room, after which she climbed into an awaiting limo with the parting words, "Goin' to Sundance. See you next week." Despite her vehemently denying it at the time, something about the fates of these two probation-flouting ne'er-do-wells seem oddly in sync. We can only hope that Sizemore, like Paris, will choose to make the most of his latest brush with adversity. But who are we kidding: We all know the second they let him out out, he'll head straight back into the embrace of his toothless, tweaking monkey mistress, and it won't be long before the two are spotted playfully chasing each other in and out of the rooms of the Bakersfield Sheraton.

• Tom Sizemore Surrenders to Court [People.com]