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Paris Hilton out of jail medical ward
(AP)
Updated: 2007-06-14 20:29
LYNWOOD, Calif. - Paris Hilton has been transferred out of a medical ward
at a Los Angeles County jail and returned to the all-women's facility
where she began her sentence for a probation violation more than a week
ago, a sheriff's official said Thursday.
After her brief release last week after just three days behind bars
caused an uproar, a judge sent Hilton, 26, back into the jail system,
starting at a downtown correctional treatment center where she was to
undergo medical and psychiatric exams to determine where she should be
held.
Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, she was returned to the Century Regional
Detention Center in Lynwood, the women's prison where she had started
out, Lt. Daryl Meeks told The Associated Press.
Meeks would not elaborate on where in that facility the heiress was
housed. When she began her 45-day sentence on June 3, she was confined to
a solitary cell in a special needs unit away from other inmates.
Hilton's case had caused a firestorm of criticism over whether the
celebrity was getting special treatment. Sheriff Lee Baca said Hilton had
been released on house arrested because of an undisclosed medical
condition.
An outraged judge sent her back to jail Friday. Hilton was in tears and
shouting "It's not right!" as she was escorted from Superior Court Judge
Michael T. Sauer's courtroom.
A day later, she released a statement saying she wouldn't appeal her
sentence. She is expected to serve 23 days because of credit for good
behavior.
Attorneys who have handled similar cases have said her treatment was
neither special or unusual. The Los Angeles County jail system is so
overcrowded that thousands of prisoners have been released early, many
serving only 10 percent of their sentences for non-violent crimes.
In Hilton's case, though, the sheriff's decision was based on a medical
condition.
Baca said he had learned from one of her doctors that she was not taking
a certain medication while in custody, and that her "inexplicable
deterioration" puzzled county psychiatrists.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has launched an investigation
into whether the multimillionaire received special treatment because of
her wealth and fame.
Hilton's path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test
after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz. She
pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months'
probation.
In the months that followed she was stopped twice by officers who
discovered her driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her
in Sauer's courtroom, where he sentenced her to jail.
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