# Paris Hilton - Out of jail after 3 days??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113 "2007-06-07T14:11:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/1 "2007-06-07T14:11:10Z")
MSNBC is breaking a story that she’s been released. :eek: Keep your children off the streets. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/2 "2007-06-07T14:21:24Z")
I’m guessing she just turned sideways and stepped between the bars. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/3 "2007-06-07T14:24:48Z")
As expected, justice is served. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/4 "2007-06-07T14:25:19Z")
Maybe the inmates said they didn’t feel safe around her? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/5 "2007-06-07T14:25:24Z")
On [msnbc.com](http://msnbc.com) it is being reported that she is being sent home for medical reasons. Her sentence got changed to 40 days house arrest. How long do you think before she whines enough to get the ankle bracelet taken off? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/6 "2007-06-07T14:28:23Z")
Medical reasons? I had no idea venereal diseases could keep a person out of jail. ---
**Author:** ![tofergregg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tofergregg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofergregg)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/7 "2007-06-07T14:35:59Z")
You know, it would be one thing if she lived in a two bedroom apartment and had to spend 40 days holed up there (I might go crazy in my tiny apartment for that long), but I imagine she lives in a pretty plush place. I think they should have given her bathroom arrest, although even her bathroom is probably twice the size of a normal house… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/8 "2007-06-07T14:41:18Z")
I’m reminded of Professor Farnsworth after visiting Fry and Bender in Robot Prison: Yes, I’ve spent my time in robot prison and it was a horrible experience. Thank God it’s almost over now. That’s not the real quote, since I don’t have it memorized. Hopefully, someone will come along and set me straight. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/9 "2007-06-07T14:42:50Z")
Isn’t it nice to have money? See, folks, the justice system works exactly as intended. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/10 "2007-06-07T14:43:15Z")
CNN’s report says that Paris reported to prison late Sunday, was released early today (Thursday) – and so gets credit for FIVE days in lockup. CNN also reports that the main reason being publicized for Paris’s “medical issues” is that she wasn’t eating the food. My quick guess, subject to change by people who know what they’re talking about: Prison food just meets the legal minimums for foodstuffs, and Paris isn’t used to anything less than five-star grade meals. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/11 "2007-06-07T14:45:16Z")
She eats? ---
**Author:** ![Flea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d78d45/32.png) [@Flea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flea)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/12 "2007-06-07T14:45:49Z")
I’m guessing that with the kind of lifestyle she’s accustomed to, this had to hit pretty hard. She probably went into a depression, which she’s got a history of. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/13 "2007-06-07T14:46:10Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] CNN’s report says that Paris reported to prison late Sunday, was released early today (Thursday) – and so gets credit for FIVE days in lockup. CNN also reports that the main reason being publicized for Paris’s “medical issues” is that she wasn’t eating the food. My quick guess, subject to change by people who know what they’re talking about: Prison food just meets the legal minimums for foodstuffs, and Paris isn’t used to anything less than five-star grade meals. [/QUOTE] I have nothing against her but gee whiz- do other inmates have the option of being released early if they don’t eat the food? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/14 "2007-06-07T14:47:22Z")
[CNN says she was on a hunger strike.](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/07/paris.hilton/) LOL ETA: Ah, hell, everyone else upthread beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/15 "2007-06-07T14:51:05Z")
I got money that says Skooter Libby doesn’t serve THAT long. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/16 "2007-06-07T14:51:42Z")
Bobby Sands is rolling over in his grave. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/17 "2007-06-07T14:55:09Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] My quick guess, subject to change by people who know what they’re talking about: Prison food just meets the legal minimums for foodstuffs, and Paris isn’t used to anything less than five-star grade meals. [/QUOTE] My quick guess is that a lawyer told her “If you don’t eat their food for a couple of days, they’ll be happy to let you go home.” ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/18 "2007-06-07T14:58:41Z")
That was actually a brilliant move- not that most would die after 23 days of not eating, but the jail sure as hell doesn’t want a high profile person getting or sick or dying on them, expecially when they are there for a traffic violation. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/19 "2007-06-07T14:59:50Z")
I heard on \*Countdown \* that one day she did eat – she ate the cereal they served for breakfast, but not the bologna sandwich they served later. Apparently, she didn’t know what bologna was. TMZ also mentioned that, in general, five days is the normal sentence for an offense like hers. [QUOTE=Wee Bairn] That was actually a brilliant move- not that most would die after 23 days of not eating, but the jail sure as hell doesn’t want a high profile person getting or sick or dying on them, expecially when they are there for a traffic violation. [/QUOTE] And when they appear to be so close to death already. Wouldn’t it have been easier to make note of whether she ate than whether she had actually stopped eating? I’m just sayin’, is all. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113/20 "2007-06-07T15:00:16Z")
So, an open admission that our justice system is broken and you can whine your way out of jail if only you are rich enough. Didn’t we have a thread a couple of days ago on what happens to most prisoners who don’t eat? They get feeding tubes, right? It’s very depressing to think of what a travesty this is, and how all my worst thoughts about the condition of our government are completely confirmed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-out-of-jail-after-3-days/407113.md?page=2)