Sentence:  Before doing that I am going to tell you what was the result of my own incarceration, because I presume it may not be a secret to you, that I have done a "<WSD>bit</WSD>" myself, not the "<WSD>bit</WSD>" which the prosecuting attorney was so anxious to have me do. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A prison sentence, especially a short one.