Paris Hilton is getting tagged

Reality TV star and hotel heiress Paris Hilton is to be tagged with an alarm to protect her from fellow prison inmates.

Hilton is to be provided with a panic device giving her a 24-hour link to the prison's guards, in case she happens to encounter any trouble when she begins her prison sentence next month, according to English tabloid "The Sun"

Paris must report to Century Regional Detention Center in Los Angeles by June 5 after she was found guilty of driving with a suspended license.

As well as being tagged with an alarm 'The Simple Life' star will be kept in the prison's 'special needs' unit, which is reserved for police officers, public officials, celebrities and other high-profile inmates.

The 26-year-old has made it known she is "really scared" by the prospect of going to jail.

Her sentence has already been cut from 45 to 23 days for "good behaviour", despite the fact that she has yet to begin serving it.

Hilton's mother Kathy called her daughter's imprisonment "horrendous" but added: "Hopefully young people who look up to Paris will learn from this."

Last week the socialite announced that she was dropping plans to appeal against her sentence.