How likely is it someone will go to jail when caught driving without an Lic first offense ?

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The person I know who got this got 9 tickets and over 1000 dollars in fines .. the tickets were more then just having no lic.. expired registration apparently endangerment of others ? Failure to yield (though he says those aren’t true) and some others .. the cop said he’s lucky he doesn’t take him to jail and that he is going to court..