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Some D.C. Pro people went out for lunch today. When we got back Steve Geimann was in the pokey - a temporary but authentic-looking mock jail.

Jail-and-bail is a fundraiser this year for SPJ's Legal Defense Fund.

All of the sudden, Todd Gillman, who was part of our lunch party, was in the hoosegow with Steve.

How quickly your freedom can be stolen from you.

This was all in good fun and for a good cause. But there's something unnerving about seeing journos behind bars - it has become scaringly possible in recent years.