The hotel heiress spoke to her worried mother and father, Kathy and Rick, through a glass shield at Los Angeles' Twin Towers Correctional Facility.
She told them she was suffering from the cold and lack of sleep, but assured them she had got her appetite back and had eaten cereal that morning.
Emerging from their 30-minute visit, Kathy said: "It's tough in there. It's cold and she hasn't had much sleep."
Rick added it was "just good to see" his daughter, who is currently serving her 45-day sentence for driving with a suspended licence on the facility's medical ward.
Kathy insisted that despite the circumstances Paris "was very happy" saying: "She wants to just do her time and get on with it."
Meanwhile, it has been revealed the 26-year-old socialite has been dropped by her talent agency. Endeavor representative Michael Donkis simply stated: "Paris is no longer a client."(Read on)