But it looks like the chances of her escaping in hours - there were suggestions she might be in and out within a day because of overcrowding - are looking slim.

Support Paris bracelets on sale - May 18 2007
Most people appear to be happy that Paris Hilton is going into jail, but one company is supporting the socialite - albeit by trying to make money off her!

RedFreckles.com is selling a hot pink rubber bracelet with the legend ’Paris Is My Cell mate’ on it, for just five dollars.

Why? Other than a quick buck? Well, according to the company’s CEO and founder Lisa Shulman: "The heiress has been a loyal customer of Red Freckles and we want to show our love and support for her during this most difficult and trying time."

Fortunately for the company, they have plenty of other celebrity clientele, any of whom could have bracelets made for them if a similar situation arose.

Alicia Keys and actress Amanda Bynes are fans of the brand. And perhaps most suitably, Lindsay Lohan.

No word yet on how sales are going, but Paris might well be keeping a close eye.

Paris to serve jail term in ’celeb cell’ - May 17 2007
Paris Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence and will be separated from the general inmate population, authorities say.

The party-loving hotel heiress will spend about 23 days in a "special needs housing unit" at the Century Regional Detention Centre in Lynwood, Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

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

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

Like everyone else in the 2,200-inmate facility, the heiress 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 26-year-old socialite was sentenced to jail this month for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. A judge ordered her to report to jail by June 5.

A call to her lawyer, drink-drive offences specialist Richard Hutton, was not immediately returned. Her publicist, Elliot Mintz, declined to comment.

Paris ’distraught and traumatised’ - May 15 2007
It’s enough to tug at your heartstrings - Paris Hilton is "emotionally distraught and traumatised" over her impending prison stint, according to her psychiatrist.

Dr Charles Sophy said in a declaration to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Linda Lefkowitz that because of her "current mental condition", the socialite wouldn’t be able to testify in a civil slander suit against her.

The star is being sued for 10 million dollars by diamond heiress Zeta Graff, who alleges that Paris leaked lies about her to the New York Post newspaper. The suit has been in process since 2005.

Jury selection in the civil trial had been due to begin this week, but the judge has now postponed it until August 22.

Her shrink - who says he’s been treating her on and off for six months - said Paris "cannot effectively respond to examination as a witness or provide any significant input into her defence", in the declaration published on TMZ.com.

Forcing her to testify would "exacerbate her current mental condition".