Thursday, May 17, 2007

Updated: June 4, 2007 7:45pm EST


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In a controversial, but not surprising, announcement today, a Los Angeles County judge reduced Hollywood socialite and hotel heiress Paris Hilton's 45-day jail sentence to 23 days for "good behavior".

More specifically, the 23 days will be granted if, the judge said, Hilton is well-behaved. (What the heck is Paris doing in this video clip?)

"I want to emphasize that her sentence has not been cut," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman told Steve Whitmore of AFP.

"But under Los Angeles county regulations she will receive good behavior credits at the start of her sentence. Provided she behaves well, she could be released after 23 days."

On May 4, an LA judge ordered Hilton to serve a 45-day prison sentence for driving on a suspended license.

UPDATE: PARIS HILTON BUYS BOOKS!!!!
Just weeks after using a 7th grade vocabulary word - "unwarranted" - in reaction to her jail sentence, Paris Hilton is apparently preping for jail by "reading" the Bible and buying books about Buddah. Ha, Ha, Harie, Harie...

Since then there has been a frenzy of coverage, leading Hilton to boo-hoo to the media and skip a court appearance on an unrelated libel case because her psychologist said she was too "emotionally distraught and traumatized" by the whole affair.

The decision to reduce Hilton's sentence was made on the condition that she "behave" while housed in the "special needs" sector of the county jail reserved for inmates like public officials, police officers and others that in the prison culture would be a target for violence.

In fact, an inmate, especially someone who is looking at 25 years, would gain enormous credibility and respect in the prison and street gang culture and "networks" for injuring or killing a high-profile target.

So, in that sense, it is completely reasonable for the safety of Paris Hilton, the prison guards and staff and the larger prison population that she be segregated.

Whitman would not release any details about any possible extra security measures for Hilton during her time in the 12 two-bed cells of the special needs sector.

Hilton is ordered to begin her sentence on June 5.

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