Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, must report to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas, Tuesday, to serve out her 135-month sentence for defrauding investors.
Holmes, 39, was sentenced to prison in May after being found guilty of four counts of fraud related to her blood-testing company, Theranos. The disgraced founder is the mother of two children under the age of two, and will be close to her family at the Bryan Federal Prison Camp, the Wall Street Journal reported. The camp is located on the northwest side of Houston, where Holmes was raised, and is just 165 miles south of Dallas, according to the website Prison Professors.
The judge in her case suggested that Holmes should be housed at the complex in order to facilitate visitation with her children and family, but she could be moved elsewhere throughout her sentence. The camp also offers vegetarian meals, WSJ noted.
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Holmes will join the likes of “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Jen Shah at the complex, where the latter is serving a six-and-a-half year sentence, also for fraud, according to PageSix.
Shah’s experience inside the prison is said to be “rigorous.” She’s awoken every day at 6 a.m. and is expected to work throughout the day in either food services or factory jobs, as well as keeping her cell in perfect condition.
“A minimum-security camp is obviously the gold standard for a defendant,” NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos mentioned. (RELATED: REVIEW: ‘The Dropout’ Is An Incredible Series)
Most of those serving their time at Bryan are non-violent offenders, and there is little to no fencing surrounding the facility, the Bureau of Prisons noted. During non-work hours, inmates can also take classes, play sports, do arts and crafts and can conduct video calls with loved ones.
