June 08, 2007	Friday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 22, 1428

LOS ANGELES: Paris Hilton was released from a Los Angeles County jail on Thursday after only serving a few days of her more than three-week sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case, authorities said.

The 26-year-old hotel heiress checked into the Century Regional Detention Facility in suburban Los Angeles just after 11:30pm on Sunday and was expected to serve 23 days.

She was sent home early on Thursday fitted with an ankle bracelet and must remain confined to her home for 40 days, according to sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Hilton had surrendered to authorities with little fanfare after a surprise appearance on Sunday afternoon at the MTV Movie Awards.

She had been held in a special unit where she was spending 23 hours a day in a solitary cell, her lawyer said.—AP