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Media are converging on the Los Angeles jail where hotel heiress Paris Hilton will be locked up for three weeks for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.
The Simple Life star will be housed in the jail's special needs unit. Prisoners are angry that Hilton seems to be getting concessions in the overcrowded jail.
To make matters worse for Hilton her record company, Warner Bros, has dropped her, and a sportswear firm has suspended ads in which she appears.