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AP is reporting that Paris Hilton's sentence was cut from 45 days to 23 days for good behavior. She will also spend that time in a special needs housing unit away from the general inmate population.
Jail officials gave her credit for good behavior like showing up for her court date as a reason why her sentence was reduced. They probably want her in there as much as we want her out here.
Paris' unit has 12 cells that hold 2 people in each, the unit is reserved for police officers, celebrities and high profile inmates. She will also be let out her cell for an hour each day to shower, watch TV and talk on the phone. How is she going to survive with an hour on the phone daily?
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|  Candy Spelling sent a letter to Paris Hilton via TMZ. I don't understand why Candy keeps sending letters to TMZ and not to the person directly. I guess she will do anything for publicity. Saying that she actually wrote a great letter.
Dear Paris,
As someone who has known you for most of your life, I pay special attention to your press coverage. (Apparently, I'm not alone, based on the responses every word about you creates on TMZ.com and elsewhere.)
Paris, I'm very worried about you. The last week has not only been an obvious roller-coaster for you emotionally, but your strategy went from blaming employees and stating silly excuses like, "I don't read," to your new lawyer's tactic to have you sound mature and take some responsibility. In between, the paparazzi continue to follow you shopping and taking self-defense classes (to protect yourself in jail?), and some over-zealous friends staged embarrassing protests (three people?), and wasted taxpayer funds with a petition to pardon you.
People who are rich and famous are not treated like "regular" people, even though you claim to now be just like everyone else. In most situations, your privileged life works to your benefit. You have opportunities, access and resources like few others; and frankly, you can get away with more bad behavior and excuses than most people could even imagine. However, as the real possibility of jail approaches — whether it's 21 days or 45 or whatever the latest report is — it's time to get real. It's time to find "a Paris" somewhere between "heiress" and a character on "The Simple Life." I know she's there, and I know she can be a good citizen and maturely face consequences other people would have to face under the same circumstances.
I am sorry you have been sentenced to jail. I can't think of too much that would be worse. But since you let this happen, use the next couple of weeks preparing not only by publicly learning to fight (not a good message to fellow inmates), but by looking around, realizing that you are not as truly entitled as your money implies. You are a young woman who can add more to her community than establishing new definitions for infamy.
Best,
Candy Spelling
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