After a few weeks of staying out of the limelight and looking melancholy, Paris Hilton is reportedly now planning to make the most out of her forthcoming prison stay - make the most money that is.

Although she’s not required to enter Century Regional Detention Facility until Tuesday, a source has told the New York Daily News that she’s planning to take the walk to the big house on Monday morning instead and has hired a team of hair and makeup stylists to meet her at her home at 9am.

The inside source said: “The timing is to make sure she makes all the celebrity weeklies.”

“Paris is a genius at marketing herself. She managed to turn having a sex tape to her benefit, and she’s going to do the same out of going to prison.”

“It’s not just about marketing, it’s about making money. If she can set up her entry into jail in a very grand way, the payoff will be greater.”

“Paris doesn’t do contrite very well. She will be glam, and Paris is the queen of the prop. Expect her hair pulled back in a ponytail, big sunglasses and maybe a Holy Bible under one arm. And she just got a new kitten, so maybe she’ll hand that to her sister [Nicky] as she gets out of the car.”

“There might even be tears.”

Another source added that Paris is thought to be planning to keep a diary during her 23-day sentence which will be published on her release: “Paris’ prison diary will make a more dramatic read than Martha Stewart’s. If she can make it believable, and not exaggerate too much, she might expect to make a million dollars out of it.”