Paris Hilton Given a Jail Panic Button

To protect her from fellow inmates, Paris Hilton will be given an alarm.


Paris Hilton will be provided with a panic device giving her a 24-hour link to prison guards in case she encounters trouble when she begins her prison sentence next month, according to BritainÕs The Sun newspaper. As well as being tagged with an alarm, Hilton will be kept in the prisonÕs Õspecial needsÕ unit, which is reserved for high-profile inmates.

After receiving threats from prospective fellow inmates on her MySpace page, the 26-year-old heiress has made it known she is "really scared" of going to jail.

Paris HiltonÕs sentence was recently reduced to half the time as Los Angeles County sheriffÕs spokesman Steve Whitmore noted that several factors resulted in the jail sentence cut, including showing up on time for her latest court date. Hilton will report to the Century Regional Detention Center in suburban Lynwood, California on June 5.