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PARIS HILTON has been released from jail - as I told you this morning.
She left Los Angeles Century Regional Detention Facility after serving just three days.

Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said the hotel heiress had been fitted with an ankle bracelet and would be under house arrest for the next 40 days.

He said her release was "for medical reasons", but details were not given due to US privacy laws.

He added: "I cannot specifically talk about the medical situation other than to say that yes, it played a part in this."

The Sheriff's Department claimed this approach has been used with other inmates in the past.

Steve confirmed: "This is certainly not unprecedented and happens from time to time."

He then denied accusations that Paris received special treatment inside and said she would be unable to go to parties or socialise for the time the ankle bracelet remains on.

The house arrest is termed "re-assignment", as she is technically still serving her sentence.

Steve said as she arrived at midnight on Sunday and left after midnight on Tuesday (US time) this counts as five days served out of her original 45 day sentence.

Although by most people's count she has only been inside for three days.

I brought you the news that Paris was set to be released hours ago.

She will be able to move around in her home in a space about 3,000 to 4,000 square feet but no further during that time.

The socialite, 26, surrendered herself to the prison just before midnight on Sunday (local time) after attending the glitzy MTV movie awards.

Paparazzi photographers and TV crews were swarming round the jail from around 11pm local time on Wednesday (7am Thursday UK time) hoping to catch the socialite leaving.

She left just after midnight and was officially re-assigned at 2.09am.

During her stay, she was held in a special unit where she was spending 23 hours a day in a solitary cell, her lawyer, Richard Hutton, said.

After her first night in jail, Mr Hutton said Hilton was doing well under the circumstances.

Whitmore said Hilton’s demeanour was helpful.

“She was focused, she was co-operative,” he said.

Paris cried herself to sleep during her stint behind bars

The Sun