Paris Hilton May Do Her Jail Time in Phoenix's Tent City

Lucky Paris Hilton. The Los Angeles chief of jails has stated that Paris Hilton may not have to serve all 45 of her days in jail for violating her probation due to overcrowded conditions in the county facility.

According to a news story aired on Phoenix's local Channel 3 (KTVK), however, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has offered to come to the rescue of Los Angeles County and Paris Hilton may not get off the hook so easily. The itinerant sheriff of Maricopa County has volunteered to house Hilton here at his infamous "tent city", the outdoor jail where convicted wrongdoers of Phoenix spend their time. According to Arpaio, Los Angeles County is seriously considering his offer but Hilton's lawyers will most likely not let such a change of venue be imposed without objection.

Not only do the Sheriff Joe's wards have to spend their terms outside in tents, but they are required to wear pink underwear and socks and use pink towels and sheets and a bologna sandwich is on each day's lunch menu. Of course, we all know Paris is quite fond of the color pink. Perhaps she won't object too strenuously to that requirement. But daytime temperatures in summer in Phoenix regularly reach the triple digits with highs up to 115 degrees common. Now that might leave Paris feeling just a bit punky. Sheriff Joe is known, as well, for being fond of animals and his prisoners are caretakers to the animals of Maricopa County that are seized due to abuse or neglect. Perhaps Paris' little purse pooch can accompany her to Tent City.

Azfamily.com, KTVK's online news site, quotes Sheriff Joe as saying, "Oh, I'd love to have her here. Just another celebrity. Not that I'm a publicity hound, but I'd imagine if I had her in these tents there'd be (publicity)."

Arpaio's statement is obviously tongue in cheek. Never in the history of Arizona has one man garnered so much publicity from his term as Sheriff of Maricopa County. Since his election to the office of sheriff in 1993, Arpaio has made a name for himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff" and has been prominently featured in thousands of US and foreign newspapers, magazines and television programs. The UK's BBC, in particular, seems to have developed a fascination for the publicity-hungry Arpaio and spent some time her following him around and even extended a special invitation for him to come visit their country at any time for a guided tour.

Should Sheriff Joe be allowed to incarcerate Paris Hilton in his tent city jail, it will be a match made in heaven - the young fashion maven who need do nothing more than show up somewhere for it to be reported in media across the United States and America's Toughest Sheriff, who makes it a point to keep himself in the media spotlight so he can rack up self-promotion points. Besides, Paris looks great in pink.