ROB RUN jail time is an accumulated progression statistic, not an instruction to wait real years before playing again. Federal confiscation converts your assets into a prison sentence and authority. The total carries forward through wipes and contributes to rewards such as tattoos and certain Shipment requirements.
Read a sentence as progression
A sentence records the outcome of federal confiscation. More accumulated wealth can produce a longer sentence, and the new years contribute to a running total rather than replacing every earlier sentence.
That total is why a player can display decades or centuries of jail time without having waited through those years. The number describes their accumulated standing in the criminal world. Do not interpret a large total as a countdown to the next playable session.
The years shown are accumulated character progression.
Check rewards in prison
Visit the Tattoo Artist to inspect the tattoo progression available to your character. The interface can show when a new tattoo is available and how much more jail time the next one requires. Tattoos persist through confiscation.
Some Shipments also have a minimum total jail-time requirement. Meeting that threshold does not mean the whole purchase is free or automatically researched. Check the item's other unlocks and costs separately before planning a build around it.
There is no verified universal cash-to-years conversion table here. Use the sentence and reward interface to check your actual progress rather than assuming every amount of money buys a fixed number of years.
Leave prison through an escape interaction
You do not need to wait for the displayed sentence to expire. The prison has escape interactions that lead to state selection. A cell toilet provides an Escape prompt; choose the state you intend to enter and confirm the selection.
Check the state carefully if you plan to meet friends. Escaping prison and joining the correct state are connected steps, but prison does not automatically know which server your group wants.
Treat voluntary surrender as the end of a run
Outside prison, the global map's Prison location offers Surrender to Feds. Read the confiscation warning before confirming: the action gives up the property and belongings tied to your current state. It is not a free return trip that preserves your base.
A normal encounter with a city police officer is a separate mechanic. Surrendering to city police confiscates your bag while preserving equipped gear. Do not confuse that limited equipment outcome with the wider losses from federal confiscation, and do not repeatedly seek ordinary arrests expecting a verified shortcut to accumulated authority.