Hilton set for release from prison

US hotel heiress Paris Hilton will leave jail on Tuesday after spending more than three weeks behind bars.

The release date, announced yesterday, was determined by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Inmate Reception Centre.

The exact hour was not disclosed.

“There’s no set time,” said Deputy Luis Castro, adding he did not know if any special arrangements had been made to return Hilton to her Hollywood Hills home.

The 26-year-old Hilton, who was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case, surrendered on June 3.

Sheriff Lee Baca released her to electronically monitored house arrest on June 7, citing an undisclosed medical condition.

But the judge, who had specifically barred Hilton from house arrest, ordered her to court the next day and returned the sobbing reality TV star to jail.

Although her sentence was for 45 days, authorities have said all along that with time off for good behaviour and because of crowded jail conditions, Hilton was likely to serve only 23. Tuesday will mark the 24th day since she surrendered.