Paris Hilton Investigation Launched 7/14/07

An investigation has been launched into allegations Paris Hilton received special treatment in jail.

The Sheriff's Department in Los Angeles will probe whether the hotel heiress was given free access to a cordless phone instead of being forced to wait in line to use a payphone at certain hours.

Allegations Hilton received a new jail uniform instead of the recycled ones given to many inmates and that her mail was delivered by a captain instead of inmate trusties is also under investigation.

Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore tells the New York Daily News, "We're going to investigate it and get to the bottom of it and find out exactly what happened."

The allegations were brought to the attention of the department's union, the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, by its members.

Hilton was released from Lynwood, California's Century Regional Detention Center last month (Jun07) after being jailed for violating her probation from a 2006 drink driving arrest.