Ex-Inmate: There Are Too Many Jealous Haters Will L.A. County: Unconfirmed Report

Paris Hilton spent her first night in a Los Angeles County jail, a place that can only be described as hell, according to inmates released hours after the heiress went in.

“It’s hell. Go to jail and you’ll find out,” Alicia Singleton, 23, said Monday as she left the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood after serving five weeks for a crime she refused to describe.

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But inmates also said the facility is very dirty and that as prisoners are checked in, they are given pamphlets on infections, according to Teresa Jones, a 50-year-old who was released Monday and declined to say for what crime she was imprisoned.

“That place is hell, it’s awful. Life is easy compared to this,” Jones said.

Belinda Meraz, 30, who spent two weeks in the jail for what she called “absconding on a warrant,” said it would not be peaceful for Hilton and that the guards are constantly screaming at the inmates. She said she believed that other inmates were jealous of Hilton.

“There are too many haters in there,” she explained.

The jail, a two-story concrete building next to train tracks and beneath a bustling freeway, has been an all-female facility since March 2006. It is located in an industrial area about 12 miles (19 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

When she was sentenced May 4, the judge ruled she would not be allowed any work release, furloughs or use of an alternative jail or electronic monitoring in lieu of jail.

Hilton’s publicist, Elliot Mintz, said he spoke with Kathy Hilton after she returned from the jail.

“She told me it was very emotional,” Mintz said. “She also said that she feels this will be a time when Paris will be able to think and reflect and to spend time alone to learn from the experience because in Paris’ life she’s never alone — there’s always a constant chatter around her.”

Officers arrested Hilton in Hollywood on Sept. 7. In January, she pleaded no contest to the reckless-driving charge and was sentenced to 36 months’ probation, alcohol education and $1,500 (€1,113) in fines.

She was pulled over by California Highway Patrol on Jan. 15. Officers informed Hilton she was driving on a suspended license and she signed a document acknowledging she was not to drive. She then was pulled over by sheriff’s deputies on Feb. 27, at which time she was charged with violating her probation.

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