Paris Reveals Her New Purpose

With jail life almost behind her, a changed Paris says she's ready to open her own kind of Hilton, this one a transitional home for her fellow inmates.

During the hotel heiress' exclusive phone conversation with E! News' Ryan Seacrest Thursday, Century Regional Detention Center's prisoner 9818783 discussed her post-release plans, which include reaching out to her "sweet" jail mates and focusing more on charitable works.

"I'm just excited to start this new life," she told Seacrest in the collect call. "I appreciate everything now." (Read excerpts from the exclusive conversation.)

Without naming names, Hilton said her first order of business would be to remove herself from the destructive environment and company she was keeping before her in-and-out confinement in the Los Angeles County jail.

"I think there's a lot of bad people that I was around, and I don't want to surround myself with those types of people anymore."

Thanks to credit for good behavior, Hilton is eligible for release after midnight Monday.

The Simple Life star also set straight the record about her interaction with the other prisoners, saying they have helped her change her outlook.

"I was really scared to come here at first, but all the inmates have been really nice and supportive and, I don't know, it was different than I thought it would be," she said. "It's not like what everyone thinks about jail.

"The walls are pretty thin and there are vents, so the girls next door talk to me through the vent, and they say, 'Oh my God, my kids love you,' or, 'My dad, all he wants for Father's Day is your autograph.' "

Hilton said that when she is escorted through the jail's hallways and passes by classrooms, the inmates will "all be in there and they'll all wave and blow kisses."

"Everyone is really supportive and sweet," she said. "If I'm crying and upset, they'll say, 'Don't cry' and 'God bless you.' "

Hilton also said that, despite the fact that she was "going a little bit crazy in the beginning," she is "really proud" of her time in lockup and grateful for her increased appreciation of her own privileged existence.

"A lot of these women, some of them didn't even do the crimes that they are here for, and that's why I want to get out of here. I'm lucky enough that when I leave here, I have a home to go to and I have a family that loves me.

"And a lot of these girls in here, they don't have that option. They go back to the street."

The issue is on the top of Hilton's to do list once she checks out of Century Regional. She tells Seacrest she feels great compassion for the women and, as a result, has already spoken with jail doctors and other personnel about setting up a sort of safe house for newly released inmates.

"I want to help build a transitional home so that when inmates leave here, they don't have to go back to the street," she said. "These women just keep coming back because they have no place to go."

Hilton said she hopes her facility will offer "a place for them to go get food, clothes on their back, get them up on their feet. Especially the mothers. It's just a really bad cycle. If we stop it now, we can make our community a better place."

In addition to dishing on her philanthropic future plans, Hilton also addressed reports that she was losing weight because she was not eating jailhouse cuisine: "There are a lot of rumors going around that aren't true."

"I'm the exact same way," she said. "The food is awful, but I'm eating. Someone told me about that [rumor] and that was a lie, that's not true at all. When I come out in the next couple of days, people will see I'm exactly the same."

Physically, anyway.

As for when exactly she'll be sprung, Hilton said she's "not sure," but "this is my last weekend here."

Hilton's mother, Kathy, told E! News Thursday that she was "counting down" to her daughter's release and reiterated that the unfortunate yet crucial learning experience "is what it is."

As for the 26-year-old reality star, in addition to kicking off "a new chapter" of her life, getting down a decent meal and reuniting with family, Hilton has something else to look forward to in her postpokey plans.

Reports are circulating that NBC has offered to shell out $1 million to secure the first televised interview with the freed Hilton. The "get" would be gotten by Meredith Vieira.

Word of the deal immediately sparked intense backlash that it's the stated policy of NBC's news division, as well as the other broadcast networks', not to pay for interviews. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Peacock was attempting to hide the costs and defer criticism by shunting the interview off to the network's entertainment division, which has no qualms about paying "licensing fees" for personal photographs and home video footage that may be shown during any televised chats or offering additional perks (a TV movie, perhaps?).

But NBC News insisted that the division "has not and will not pay for an interview." Then, as word began circulating later Friday that the network has scrapped the interview plans, a spokeswoman stated:

"We have let Hilton's representatives know that we are no longer interested in pursuing an interview with her. There was never an interview committed to, and there will not be."

Hilton's camp, too, shot down the speculation of a million-dollar deal.

"Contrary to media reports, Paris Hilton is not being paid for any television interview. Nor is Paris being paid for any collateral, including video and photographs related to any television interview," a spokesman said in a statement.

Another thing Hilton won't be doing: making any more Club Paris appearances. The owner of the namesake nightclub in Orlando has announced that it will close its doors this summer. A grand closing party is scheduled to take place Aug. 12.

Though that's not to say Hilton is completely done with endorsements.

Parlux Fragrances has announced the launch of Can Can Paris Hilton, a "fun and flirty" fragrance, to debut this fall—long after she's out of the can can.

(View our photo gallery chronicling Paris' legal woes, from her original bust to her frenzied return to jail.)