Paris released from jail
Paris
Hilton
was
released
from
prison
today.
The
hotel
heiress,
who
served
23
days
at
California's
Century
Regional
Detention
Center
for
driving
with
a
suspended
licence,
left
the
jail
just
after
midnight.
A
smiling
Paris,
who
was
wearing
a
grey
and
white
cropped
jacket
and
blue
jeans,
waved
at
the
throng
of
fans
who
had
come
to
support
her
before
embracing
her
parents
Kathy
Hilton
and
Rick
Hilton
and
driving
off
in
a
black
SUV.
As
she
walked
from
the
jail
gates
to
her
waiting
car,
Paris
was
bombarded
by
a
media
frenzy
of
TV
crews,
photographers
and
reporters.
A
source
said:
"The
sheriff's
department
made
her
exit
out
of
the
front
door,
just
like
any
other
inmate,
so
no
one
would
say
she
was
given
special
treatment."
'The Simple Life' star's representative Elliot Mintz refused to reveal what Paris would be doing in her first hours of freedom. However, Paris recently revealed she couldn't wait to eat a "good meal" as soon as she was released. She said: "I will definitely get a good meal because the food in here is absolutely inedible and horrible." Paris, 26, has also outlined her plans to open a safe house for newly-released female prisoners. She explained: "I want to help build a transitional home so that when inmates leave here they don't have to go back to the street. These women just keep coming back because they have no place to go."
Paris first entered prison on June 3, before being reassigned to finish her sentence under house arrest on June 7. Judge Michael Sauer, however, overturned the ruling and ordered her to return to jail the same day. The blonde star, who was said to be suffering from an undisclosed medical issue, was then placed in a medical wing until her condition was considered stable.
Paris recently claimed she was "grateful" for the experience, saying it had made her appreciate her privileged upbringing. She said: "I'm so much more grateful for everything that I have, even just to have a pillow at night, or food." Paris is set to give her first post-jail interview tomorrow night on CNN's 'Larry King Live'.