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Hilton doing much better in jail, mum says

(AP)
2007-06-20 17:05

Paris Hilton is settling into her cell at an all-women's jail and is doing better, her parents said after a weekend visit.

They said the 26-year-old socialite is passing the time at the Century Regional Detention Centre in Lynwood reading letters from fans, relatives and friends and reflecting on her life.

"Basically just reading and just sitting there thinking ... what she wants to do with her life and the changes that she wants to make," Kathy Hilton told Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren yesterday.

"She's never been alone so this is, as she calls it, a real time out," her mother said of Sunday's visit, where Hilton talked to her parents from behind a glass partition.

Hilton's father, Rick, said she was doing "much better" and had given him a handmade Father's Day card. "It was kind of cute," he said. "She had written a card for me and in front of it was a cartoon and it showed me holding her hand against the glass with her on the other side. Quite touching."

Rick Hilton also denied rumours that his father had donated money to Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca to garner favours for his daughter. He said the donation was made 1? years ago, and it was just $US1000 ($NZ1324).

Hilton is expected to be released on June 25, when she will have served about 23 days of a 45-day sentence.