Gee whiz! You had better make sure the commode gets flushed!!!
12 to 15 feet? Is that a midemeanor or a felony (if caught with unflushed stool)?
Think of it this way; if they were thrown in jail then their heads were probably no more than 8 feet from the crapper in the cell. Yeah, that makes lots of sense.
I probably could have been arrested several times in my youth for falling asleep hugging the porceline god.