Paris Hilton to do 23 days in special section of jail


Paris Hilton will serve “around 23 days” in jail out of her 45 day sentence. The time keeps getting shorter and shorter for Paris. Originally the LA County Sheriff’s representative said that overcrowding was no longer a problem in the facility where Paris would be staying, then it was suddently overcrowded about a week later, and now she’s staying in her own unit so I’m not sure how overcrowding would have ever been an issue.

Before even serving a day, Paris is getting credit for “good behavior” just because she showed up for her hearing, which seems like it shouldn’t count. She was only supposed to get up to 6 days total credit for good behavior originally, but that was back when the jail wasn’t overcrowded a week ago and it seemed like she actually had to behave herself in prison to earn that precious few days of freedom.

The sentence just keeps getting more lenient for drunk driving, suspended license-ignoring Paris. It even sounds like she’s getting her own wing of the prison:

The hotel heiress will spend about 23 days in a “special needs housing unit” at the Century Regional Detention Center in suburban Lynwood, Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Her sentence was shortened after jail officials gave her credit for good behavior, Whitmore said. Officials considered several factors in calculating the credit, including that she appeared for her latest court date, he said.

Hilton will stay in a unit that contains 12 two-person cells reserved for police officers, public officials, celebrities and other high-profile inmates, he said.

Like everyone else in the 2,200-inmate facility, Hilton will get at least an hour outside her cell each day to shower, watch television, participate in outdoor recreation or talk on the telephone, he said.

The real special treatment will occur if she’s allowed to shower and have her hour of free time separate from the other inmates, and given the fact that they’re already separating her from the rest of the prison population that’s likely.

There have been all sorts of stories of the type of brutality and bullying that goes on in that prison, and what type of treatment Paris can expect. Her jail experience will hardly be mainstream when she’s protected from the other prisoners, though.

It looks like Paris’ prison hardship won’t begin to compare to what other women in that jail have to endure. Indeed, her life is more comfortable and charmed than just about everyone else in the world, so why should her incaceration experience be any different?

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