Celebrity Justice
New Digs for Paris -- Not a Dingbat Cave

She hasn't returned to the lap of luxury just yet, but with her transfer out of Twin Towers Correctional Facility last night, Paris Hilton's life just got a little less nuts.
Paris Hilton composited with prison hospital
Instead of sharing a building with close to 200 dingbats in a place nicknamed "The Dings," Hilton will enjoy the comforts of a private room in the medical clinic of Lynwood's Century Regional Detention Facility -- a wing that only holds 15 beds.

Hilton's new 12' x 8' pad is an upgrade from the mad scene over at Twin Towers, which has 196 beds on three floors -- many of which are occupied by crazy inmates.

According to Sheriff's spokesperson Steve Whitmore, the Lynwood clinic is commonly referred to as a "step-down unit -- where female inmates are often transferred after their medical conditions have begun to stabilize."

Paris is expected to remain in the medical ward until the medical staff decide she's stable, allowing her to be moved back to her old cell in the VIP section of the jail -- the same cell where she was reportedly melting down and on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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46. Paris is not a "young girl" nor a college girl. She's a woman of 26 years old who did not manage to graduate from high school, let alone attend college or any higher education. She's made her name on her family fortune and societal position and "launched" herself into media society by announcing that she was an heiress to be noticed and by participating in a taped sexual encounter with a fleeting boyfriend when she was younger.

This is what the media does. They tell the public who is famous, who is beautiful, that Angelina has gorgeous lips (elephant lips someone said), and we are supposed to agree just because the media said so.

The public needs to wake up to this media trick and learn to think for themselves.

Posted at 3:14PM on Jun 14th 2007 by Go Army

47. Unequal justice is not justice!

Posted at 2:39PM on Jun 14th 2007 by Thug

48. 52. Being depressed and anxious is not a medical condition that would require the type of special treatment she is getting. Paris, just doesnt want to be mixed with everyone else, so they are dramatizing her condition. Of course, she is anxious, and depressed. Who wouldnt be?

Do all the other inmates get to have a private room, and be on a special floor too? I am sure they all feel the same way.

How much you want to bet, the second the girl gets out, she will be attending some party? Lets see how severe her mental condition is. I bet she will magically get better.

They might as well let her out. She is only costing California tax-payers money to give ehr all the special services she requires.

Posted at 2:15PM on Jun 14th 2007 by Donna

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Donna, you miss the most important point. She should NOT even be in jail for her level of offense. Forget about her "special treatment" in jail. She should not even be there if she had been treated as others in her same legal predicament. You just don't want to hear truth here.

As for celebrities being treated differently in terms of being placed with the general population, it happens all the time that they are segregated because of the commotion it causes for the jail itself and the security issues. Why don't you stop acting like there aren't special considerations to be undertaken when someone is a celebrity. Also, even though Paris shouldn't even be serving jail time if she had been treated fairly, because of those very same security issues she was unfortunately placed into solitary confinement for her low level probation violation. This whole thing is pathetic and shame on people to wish injustice just because they don't like someone. You can say I don't like someone, but if you're decent, you still advocate justice, which is fair and equitable treatment under the law. There was no justifiable reason for her sentence other than to grandstand and make a statement and she pays the price. To put somebody through this for her level of infraction is the sad commentary in all of this.

Posted at 2:37PM on Jun 14th 2007 by like to be fair

49. lol, #53, I think your writing is giving America a bad name. Ever heard of proofreading?

Newsflash: "Yous" is not a word. And stop making this about race. Other races aren't looking at these spoiled, trashy celebs and forming their opinions of the whole white race. Black, latino, asian, celebs all get in trouble too. These chicks just happen to be extremely popular and exceptional at being total disasters.

Posted at 2:39PM on Jun 14th 2007 by Lance

50. That comment should be to #49 (Nicole) not #53..thanks for screwing up the numbers TMZ.

Posted at 2:41PM on Jun 14th 2007 by Lance

51. 54. lol, #53, I think your writing is giving America a bad name. Ever heard of proofreading?

Newsflash: "Yous" is not a word. And stop making this about race. Other races aren't looking at these spoiled, trashy celebs and forming their opinions of the whole white race. Black, latino, asian, celebs all get in trouble too. These chicks just happen to be extremely popular and exceptional at being total disasters.

Posted at 2:39PM on Jun 14th 2007 by Lance

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Get off your high horse, Lance. The writer made her point. Again, somebody that has to make an insult against someone else to discredit. All you had to do was state your case which was everything other than your insult.

By the way, that person had a point in terms of some of the race baiters. Sharpton orchestrated the take down of Imus along with many other voices in the African-American community and with many voices from the white community as well, and even after being called on the double standard with the same references and vile being spun by DJs on the airwave every day emanating from the black community (which Sharpton had promised to go after with the same gusto), we see that the black community will attack and Imus, but make excuses for members and practices in their own community. That person has a point. Many times you will see that public stance by certain communities is unified, though within their closed groups they may engaged in the debate. Right or wrong, I'm not sure. There certainly is an element of unified support within that community and others, often at the expense of intellectual honesty, but they are much more loyal to their ethnic roots. There is no doubt about that.

I think what smacks here is that people won't just admit that they so dislike this girl that even if it takes a miscarriage of justice to take her down, so be it. It is bizarre, truly, that people would carry on with such vile.

As for the popularity of these "chicks," that speak to the public, not to them. If they were ignored, they wouldn't be an issue.

Posted at 2:51PM on Jun 14th 2007 by these are the facts

52. They are just going to keep moving her around until she is out. she may be put into her regular cell a day or two before she is released just to say they did indeed treat her as anyone else lmao.

This entire drama is so blatantly preferred treatment and unfair to those shoved into tiny cells on top of each other perhaps ill and in need of care.

The best gripe her few fans can come up with is that Paris did 15 days more then anyone else would have. Their desperate argument is lost with all the special attention Paris has recieved sense being incarcerated.

Posted at 4:20PM on Jun 14th 2007 by Frank

53. 23 days, in which the United States came to a stop.

And it was not because someone in Albania stole the watch belonging to the president, so they had to replace it with an exact copy.

But now there is only 12 days to go, before you can move on to less important stuff like global warming or the war in Iraq. But honestly I dont think that that would be a good move for the rest of the world.

Perhaps it would be better for her, if they shipped her to a new jail every day just to increase the bill to the tax-payers and keep the news going. How many prison have she not been in?

Posted at 5:08PM on Jun 14th 2007 by C. Overgaard

54. Will the pampering and coddling of Paris Hilton never end?

Not until somebody shoots her.

Posted at 6:36PM on Jun 14th 2007 by Queen Elizabeth

55. Paris,
I wish I could get this message to you. I've been praying for you since this all started. I'm sure a lot of Christian Grandmothers are doing the same. I guess you walked too close to the edge and fell. The Lord will pick you up and you will soar to your great potential. Love you,
A Grandma

Posted at 12:29AM on Jun 15th 2007 by Grandma

56. Who said that she is a princess of America? Uh?????? Shame on you!!!
Paris, She is just spoiled and acts stupid. It is so sad that life is not fair.

Posted at 9:10PM on Jun 14th 2007 by kh

57. So she's doped up enough now to send her back to the special needs unit ! Just think everyone, unless she is taken off the drugs before she leaves, she will be driving the streets on legal, prescription drugs which can be just as dangerous as the illegal ones! Gee! How much sedation / tranqilization does it take for a princess (HA! HA!) to go from a palace to prison? Quite a bit, I'd think!

Posted at 11:32PM on Jun 14th 2007 by skbeauty

58. Hm... it seems to be the trendy thing to say that Paris is receiving special treatment THE OTHER WAY AROUND, that she was punished too harshly for her crime, her bac was only .08, etc...

I'm not sure how it works in California, but in a lot of areas of the country, or atleast here on the east coast, if you get a DUI (no matter how low her bac you seem to think it was... if it's breaking the law, it's breaking the law) and you violate your probation 3 TIMES and then have the nerve to show up 20 minutes late to court, you're going to jail for a hell of a lot longer than 45 days.

that said, a lot of us are giving her a hard time, but I don't think we would handle jail much better than she is. or at least I know I couldn't. it was wrong to shuffle her around.

Posted at 12:24PM on Jun 15th 2007 by Justine

59. Can't the sheriff tell the difference between a nervous breakdown and a temper tantrum?

Posted at 8:00AM on Jun 15th 2007 by HoHum

60. I personally have clautrophobia and truly feel sorry for anyone having to endure a confined space with that disorder; however, I don't drive drunk or on a suspended license.

Paris needs to be treated like any other inmate with the same problem ~~~~~ despite how much money or fame that person has.

If another inmate has the same disorder ............. is she in the medical facility or in a cell being told to suck it up?

I just want fairness.................... probably too much to ask for since money & fame seem to keep winning.

Learn from this Paris.

Posted at 2:19AM on Jun 16th 2007 by Julie

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