[Scorpious]

I have wondered many times why there are people sitting in jail with alot of time for commiting a crime without trying to bust themselves out. I tried the 22AP crime, got caught and was told I am in maximum security and I had to wait until I had 249 minutes or less.
Can anyone tell me if it is random for the Max Sec part for high crimes or is the 250 minutes and greater standard for it? Thanks all.