Now Princess Paris will be confined to her 400,000 ft.² palace for the remainder of her "sentence".  How awful for her, being waited on hand and foot by servants, friends and family catering to your every whim, will she survive these trials and tribulations?

Yet more evidence that we are not a nation of laws, at least for some, we're a nation that makes exceptions for those with power and money, and if you can acquire the kind of wealth and power which the Hilton family has, your life will be far easier than the rest of us.  You can break the law again and again and unless you kill someone, and there's videotape evidence to prove it was you, you'll probably walk.

All the prisoners will stop eating just because they have seen Paris successfully demonstrating this manipulation tactic and regaining her freedom! Some of the more confused inmates might try the "I'm so cold and they only gave me 3 blankets and I have to use one as a pillow" tactic but they would be pursuing the wrong course because that's the wrong type of medical ailment, Physical Cold vs. Viral Cold.

Walter Gormley (an old time war tax protester) was made of sterner stuff and every time they put him in jail he would start a hunger strike and the judge concluded that he could either release Walter or watch him die of starvation.

Walter then married and his wife put a stop to the war tax protesting.

Fwiw, the guy I mentioned in this post on a previous Paris thread, is a Mexican immigrant and lives on social security.

He got 30-something days in LA County for a hit and run, and was released after 3, to house arrest.

However, his house arrest had a waiver or something that allowed him to leave his house to go to work.

So, his son, who owned the biz next to mine, immediately put his dad on his co's payroll and his dad spent his "house arrest" days at his son's office.

Assuming Paris has the same waiver, look for her to spend time "working" at her florida nightclub.

Her high visibility was a double-edged sword. It worked against her by setting an example of her. And when she broke down under the pressure, what would have been gained by her demise in jail?

I have a new-found respect for Sheriff Lee Baca. He had pledged that Ms. Hilton would spend her full sentence in jail. He had to eat his words and her release spotlights the severity of incarceration on people in general.

Who can even begin to imagine the stress from über celebrity and the constant white-hot spotlight? And then a fall from grace? To become a social pariah in ignominy with people clamoring for actual harm to befall you?

I was dubious that Paris Hilton's nervous system was equipped to handle the stress at all. She managed for days before her breakdown.

It remains to be seen how much damage is done to her psyche. It is doubtful she will ever again be the quite the free spirit she once was. She will be wearing an animal tracking device for over a month to come.

It remains to be seen whether or not she will easily recover her will to eat or live, now back in her familiar surroundings and the support of her family.