Paris Hilton To Be Released Today

Sheriff's Department officials in Los Angeles announced Friday they expected to release Paris Hilton sometime today, but didn't say exactly when. It could be late tonight.

Hilton was sentenced to jail for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. She became an inmate on June 3.

During an earlier telephone interview with Barbara Walters, the jailed socialite said she now feels she has a "new chance" and that she's no longer going to "act dumb."