Lynwood Regional Justice Center

Even before the sun rose the word was out at Philadelphia Gear Manufacturing Center: In the middle of the night, Paris Hilton had checked in directly across the street. Arriving for the start of their 5 a.m. shifts, the workers could see the throng of gathered media -- satellite trucks, television cameras -- giving off a predawn glow in the parking lot of Lynwood's Century Regional Detention Facility. "We were all disappointed," said Dave Kratz, an assembly test mechanic.

A former Los Angeles County employee launched a campaign Monday to recall Sheriff Lee Baca, citing last week's early release of Paris Hilton as an example of gross mismanagement of the nation's largest Sheriff's Department. Andrew Ahlering conceded that recalling Baca would be costly and time-consuming but said the public frenzy about Hilton's release could generate the necessary interest.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected today to ask Sheriff Lee Baca to prepare a report on Paris Hilton's release from jail in Lynwood -- just three days into her mandated 23-day stay -- to determine whether she was afforded special treatment. Baca had cited an undisclosed medical condition for allowing Hilton to leave the Century Regional Detention Facility and serve the remainder of her sentence under home confinement. But a judge disagreed, sending her back to jail Friday.

Los Angeles County jail officials vowed to treat Paris Hilton like any other inmate. But the Sheriff's Department on Thursday launched an internal investigation into whether the hotel heiress got special perks while at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood.

Actress Lindsay Lohan arrived at a Lynwood jail Thursday to serve time for a drunk driving conviction -- 84 minutes, to be exact. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, the star of "Herbie Fully Loaded" and "Mean Girls" agreed to spend one day in Los Angeles County Jail. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Lohan was booked into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood about 10:30 a.m. after being dropped off by her lawyer.