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The bad news for Paris Hilton is that it's slammer time; the good news is ... well, we can't really think of anything except that she isn't being put on Death Row.

Instead, Hilton, 26, was sentenced on Friday to spend 45 days behind bars at the Lynwood Correctional Facility, located about 22 miles south of her Hollywood Hills home. Starting June 5, Hilton will be confined inside Lynwood's concrete walls, all because she claimed she was unaware that her driver's license was suspended and the judge didn't buy it.

In fact, Hilton even testified she doesn't have time to read her own mail. "I have people who do that for me," the heiress told the judge.

At least she will have time to catch up on reading over the summer.

The Lynwood Correctional Facility (a.k.a. The Century Regional Detention Facility) is a 13-year-old, $118 million dollar minimum to mid-level security criminal detention center that houses 1,095 inmates in suburban Lynwood. The complex is made up of three double-tier towers for inmates, a food service facility, a medical center and a crafts and operations building. Following rioting in 2006, the facility opened its doors to female inmates.

Cell phones and Blackberry-like devices are banned — and so are designer clothes. Hilton will just have to make do with a pre-paid phone card, a TV (no cable) in her jail cell and one of three different colored prison jumpsuits.

Hilton could find herself suffering from a Big Mac attack: While inmates get three low-sodium meals a day, beef and pork aren't on the menu — just chicken.

Lynwood is described as, "[a] facility providing educational, motivational and rehabilitative services to those inmates involved in 'recovery' programs (substance abuse and domestic violence) who have expressed willingness and a desire to break free from a cycle of crime and imprisonment and to once again become a productive member of society."

But for someone who has spent most of her adult life inside the world's hottest clubs and hotels, even this well-intentioned jail might be a tough adjustment. To make matters worse, Lynwood lacks valet parking.

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