Maybe more accurate to say "What Not to Pack," because inmates aren't allowed to bring much with them to jail. At L.A. County's Century Regional Detention Center in suburban Lynwood, where Paris will do her time, prisoners must surrender their clothes and jewelry (and don the mandatory orange jumpsuit), cell phone, makeup, money, and other personal effects.

The few items allowed need to be chosen carefully. Some suggestions:

Toiletries

According to the Associated Press, L.A. County gives all Lynwood inmates a kit containing the following toiletries: "a toothbrush, tube of toothpaste, soap, a comb, deodorant, shampoo and shaving implements." Odds are the soap isn't branded Lancôme.

Beauty Products

Inmates can purchase, the A.P. reports, a standard-issue makeup kit from the commissary. It contains a compact, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, and a package of hair color. Again, odds are this stuff isn't Lancôme. And Frédéric Fekkai isn't available to apply the color.

Stationery

You'll never miss the BlackBerry! Corrections officers have your communications needs in mind and provide inmates with a pencil, writing paper, envelopes and postage stamps. Here's how to write Paris a letter.

Photos

Inmates are permitted to bring up to five photographs. Which means Paris can bring four pics of herself, plus one of Tinkerbell. Oh, and no posters; photos gotta be 4-by-6 inches or smaller.

The Alchemist, by Paul Coelho: This best-selling novel, about a shepherd boy who discovers great (inner and material) wealth, is ideal prison reading for Paris: It's a simple story told like a fairy tale, and it has a Big Message that should satisfy her current quest for personal growth.

The Andy Warhol Diaries, by Andy Warhol and Pat Hackett: Rumor has it that Paris plans to write a diary about her big-house exploits. Warhol's diaries might inform her creative process and even provide insight into the state of modern celebrity. You know, people famous for being famous, etc.

Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson: Ha-ha, just kidding.

Behind Bars: Surviving Prison, by Jeffrey Ian Ross and Stephen C. Richards: This book is intended to help granola-types navigate the legal system--if, for example, they get arrested for chaining themselves to a nuclear plant--but what's good for the hippie is good for the socialite, right?

The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud: Literary critics gushed over this 2006 novel about three college friends on the cusp of 30 and their lives in Manhattan in the months leading up to September 11, 2001. But don't be put off, Paris, by such highbrow praise. This book is totally readable and offers plenty of food for thought.