Representatives from the Los Angeles Civil Rights Association and Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable have forwarded a letter to Paris Hilton requesting that the heiress speak out on the injustices of jail system and its treatment of inmates in need of medical and psychological care as a jailhouse activist.

“This will be a time for Paris to step up, and step her game up, and do what’s right and represent people who need help in the mental illness area,” said
Eddie Jones, of the L.A. Civil Rights Association.

“We’ve seen celebrities now who have made statements they want to get involved in social causes,” The Urban Policy Roundtable adds. “This is a challenge to Paris Hilton.” Hilton, who has admitted to being “severely depressed” behind bars, needs to become “a poster girl for the mentally challenged.”