She is reportedly struggling to sleep due to the noise and bright lights and has only eaten cereal and bread since she arrived there on Friday.

The socialite was sent to prison last week but, after serving only three full days, was told by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on Thursday that she could serve the remainder of her sentence at home, wearing a tag.

Mr Baca said she had been released due to "severe medical problems" and confirmed that her condition was "mental".

The decision angered Supreme Court Judge Michael Sauer who had specified, as he sentenced the heiress, that she would not be able to serve her 45-day sentence at home.

He called her back to court on Friday and sent a sobbing and screaming Paris back to jail.

Instead of returning to her original cell at Los Angeles County Jail’s Lynwood lockup, she was put in the Twin Towers detention centre where she underwent medical assessments.

"She’s being strong," Nicky Hilton said as she walked out of the jail.


’Screaming’ Paris sent back to jail - June 9 2007
Heiress Paris Hilton has been ordered to return to jail to serve out the remainder of her 45-day sentence for a parole violation.

The 26-year-old was taken from court screaming after the decision was made by Supreme Court Judge Michael Sauer.

Hilton shouted: "It’s not right!" and "Mum" as she was escorted from the Los Angeles courtroom by Sheriff’s deputies.

On Thursday, the celebrity inmate was sent home from the Los Angeles County Jail’s Lynwood lock-up shortly after 2am for an unspecified medical condition, only three full days into her original 45-day sentence.

She was ordered to finish her sentence under house arrest, meaning she could not leave her four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in the Hollywood Hills until next month. But the move was strongly opposed by the sentencing judge and the city’s chief prosecutor.

On Friday Judge Sauer ordered her back to court to determine whether she should go back to jail. County Supervisor Don Knabe said Hilton’s return home on Thursday gave the impression of "celebrity justice being handed out".

Hilton, who was brought to court in handcuffs in a sheriff’s car, entered the courtroom dishevelled and crying. Her hair was askew and she wore a grey fuzzy sweatshirt over slacks. She wore no make-up and cried throughout the hearing.

Her body also shook constantly as she dabbed at her eyes. Several times she turned to her parents who were seated behind her in the courtroom and mouthed the words: "I love you."

Judge Sauer told the court: "I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions.

"At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home on Kings Road."


Paris tagged? - June 8 2007
Paris Hilton will return to court today to find out whether she’ll be allowed to serve the remainder of her prison sentence wearing a tag at home.

The hotel heiress was released from jail yesterday - due to an unspecified "medical condition" - after serving just three days of her 45-day sentence at LA’s Century Regional Detention Facility for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.  But then the judge who jailed the socialite ordered her back to court to determine whether she should go back behind bars.