Inside Elizabeth Holmes’ upcoming new life in prison: the disgraced Theranos founder and Steve Jobs wannabe will swap private jets for mopping floors – in the same place as Real Housewife Jen Shah
- Holmes is expected to begin her 11-year sentence at Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, where her famous green smoothies and luxurious lifestyle will be replaced by prison food and stringent rules
- The disgraced Theranos founder will be at the same prison as Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Jen Shah; FPC Bryan inmates have a wake-up call of 6am daily, and are required to mop their own floors
In April, in a last-ditch attempt to avoid prison time, she asked the ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals to pause her sentence, two days before she was due to report to prison, as reported by The Guardian.
The court denied her bail application and Holmes is expected to serve her 11-year sentence at Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas. She has two young children – a boy, William, born in 2021, and a girl, Invicta, born in February 2023.
In 2015, The Wall Street Journal released a series of damning exposés around the company, which triggered Theranos’ downfall. It was revealed that Holmes and other executives had lied about their revolutionary new technology which purported to run numerous medical tests from just a few drops of blood. By 2018, the company that Holmes had founded had collapsed, the BBC reported.
Swapping out private jets and her signature green smoothies for prison-regulation clothing and food cooked for more than 500 people – here’s a glimpse into what Holmes can expect from her new life …
FPC Bryan
Holmes, 39, is widely expected to serve her prison time at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas. The facility is popularly known as FPC Bryan and sits on 15 hectares (37 acres) of land. Us Weekly reports FPC is 160km northeast of Austin and 160km northwest of Houston.
