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☆ Read the inmate orientation handbook for the minimum-security prison where Elizabeth Holmes is serving her 11-year sentence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Emily Cohn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

It's been nearly a week since Elizabeth Holmes reported to minimum-security prison in Texas. An inmate handbook spells out the basics of life at FPC Bryan, where Jen Shah is also an inmate. The day starts at 6 a.m. and 25-minute video calls cost $6.00 per session. It's been nearly a week since Elizabeth Holmes reported to prison to begin serving out an 11-year, three month sentence. The Bureau of Prisons is experimenting with video calls, which are 25 minutes long and cost $6.00 per session.

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☆ Take a look at the first prison yard photo snapped of Elizabeth Holmes after she started her 11-year sentence in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Disgraced former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was photographed for the first time in prison. Holmes was seen with her hair loose, bespectacled, and wearing drab khakis in the prison in Bryan, Texas. Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been photographed for the first time since she began her 11-year prison sentence. —New York Post (@nypost) June 3, 2023On May 30, Holmes reported to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, which is a minimum-security women's prison. Holmes' representative did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment sent outside of regular business hours.

Persons: Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, Ramesh, Sunny Organizations: Daily Mail, York, Federal Locations: Bryan , Texas, —

☆ Robert Hanssen, F.B.I. Agent Exposed as Spy for Moscow, Dies at 79
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Robert Hanssen, a former F.B.I. agent who was sentenced to life in prison in 2002 for spying for Moscow during and after the Cold War in one of the most damaging espionage cases in American history, was found dead in his cell in a federal prison in Colorado on Monday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. The bureau said in a statement that Mr. Hanssen was found unresponsive at the United States Penitentiary Florence in Colorado just before 7 a.m. He was pronounced dead after lifesaving efforts by emergency medical workers. This is a developing story.

Persons: Robert Hanssen, Hanssen Organizations: Federal Bureau of Prisons, United, Penitentiary Locations: Moscow, Colorado, Penitentiary Florence

☆ Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for the Russians, dies in Supermax prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Corky Siemaszko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

FBI Agent Robert Philip Hanssen is shown in this undated file photo, released by the FBI February 20, 2001. FBI Agent-turned-traitor Robert Hanssen, who spied for the old Soviet Union and later the Russians, died Monday in the cell where he was serving 15 consecutive life sentences for betraying his country, federal prison officials said. Hanssen, 79, was "found unresponsive" around 6:55 a.m. at the federal "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado, the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. Hanssen began spying for the Soviets in 1979, three years after he joined the FBI. "He ultimately became the most damaging spy in Bureau history," the agency said.

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☆ Insider Interview: James Comey explains the rule-bending feds in his new and 'real' mystery novel
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Insider: Let's talk about Benny Dugan, the salty, streetwise investigator who works with prosecutors for the Southern District of New York. And I would say, "What makes you think I'm a good person?" Insider: Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't all the good people get bought up by the end of the book? There are at least 57 FBIs — a New York FBI, a Saint Louis FBI, headquarters, the Washington Field Office. I don't think we've grappled with the implications of that, and whether it fits within our normal Fourth Amendment framework.

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☆ Elizabeth Holmes ordered dinners for Theranos staff but made sure they weren't delivered until after 8 p.m. so they worked late: book
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes started serving her 11-year sentence on May 30. John Carreyrou's "Bad Blood" said Holmes ordered communal dinners, helping keep staff working late. Staff surveillance reportedly involved monitoring arrivals and having assistants add them on Facebook. Ordering communal dinners was reportedly one of several unusual tactics Holmes, who tried to model herself on Steve Jobs, would use to both inspire and intimidate Theranos employees. According to the book, Holmes' assistants would track the arrival and departure time of workers each day, while IT staff would monitor the software being on employees' computers.

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☆ Three women escaped in 2017 from the prison where Elizabeth Holmes is being held — one is still on the run
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In 2017, three women escaped from the prison Elizabeth Holmes is being held in. One of them is still on the run, CBS reported, citing prison authorities. Holmes reported to the same Texas prison on Tuesday to begin an 11-year sentence. Holmes reported to the same prison on Tuesday to begin an 11-year sentence. Inmates working on a factory line earn a wage of at least $0.12 an hour.

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☆ Elizabeth Holmes just reported to prison. It'll be a drastic change of lifestyle for the convicted Theranos founder.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has reported to prison to begin her 11-year sentence. After several delays, she arrived at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas on May 30. Once worth billions on paper, Holmes can expect a drastic change in lifestyle in custody. She reported to a federal prison camp for women in Bryan, Texas, to commence her sentence after losing her most recent appeal. Holmes wouldn't be able to walk freely about the prison camp, and her timetable would be strictly controlled.

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☆ Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Federal Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Elizabeth Holmes set to report to prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Elizabeth Holmes is set to report to prison on Tuesday, capping off a stunning downfall for the disgraced founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos. Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison last November, after she was convicted months earlier on multiple charges of defrauding investors while running the now-defunct startup. Holmes was once an icon in the tech world, serving as a posterchild for the limitless ambitions and potential of Silicon Valley. Holmes and Balwani were first indicted together nearly five years ago on the same 12 criminal charges. This month, Davila ordered Holmes and Balwani to pay restitution of roughly $452 million to victims of their crimes.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Prison to Begin More Than 11-Year Sentence
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Erin Griffith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Holmes has appealed her case, though her requests to remain out of prison during the appeal have been denied. Ms. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 after dropping out of Stanford University at age 19. Ms. Holmes and Mr. Balwani were indicted that year. Mr. Balwani was convicted on 12 counts of fraud and is serving a nearly 13-year sentence in a federal prison in San Pedro, Calif. Since her conviction, Ms. Holmes has been living in a rental home in San Diego near the family of Billy Evans, who is the father of her two children.

☆ Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes just reported to a Texas prison to begin serving her 11-year sentence
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elizabeth Holmes reported to a Texas prison Tuesday to begin serving her sentence of more than 11 years. The Theranos founder was convicted on four counts of fraud and conspiracy last year. Eight years after infamous blood-testing startup Theranos began to implode, its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is now in prison. On Tuesday afternoon, Holmes reported to a minimum-security women's prison in Bryan, Texas, about 100 miles from Houston, where she grew up, to begin serving her sentence of 11.25 years, with an additional three years of supervised release. Balwani reported to a California prison in April to begin his nearly 13-year sentence.

☆ Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is set to report to prison. Here's a timeline of her relationship with her co-defendant and ex-boyfriend, Sunny Balwani.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Elana Klein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In 2002, Elizabeth Holmes, then 18, met Sunny Balwani, then 37, in Beijing, China. Balwani became her long-term boyfriend and, later, the COO of her startup, Theranos. Holmes is set to report to prison Tuesday. Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani engaged in a years-long workplace relationship that ended when he left their company, Theranos, in 2016. However, Holmes is expected to report to prison on Tuesday to finally begin her sentence.

☆ What Elizabeth Holmes’ life in prison could look like
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Holmes reported to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, on Tuesday to begin serving out her 11-year sentence after being convicted on multiple charges of defrauding investors while running the now-defunct startup Theranos. Located approximately 100 miles outside of Houston, where Holmes grew up before moving to California to attend Stanford, FPC Bryan is a minimum-security federal prison camp housing more than 600 women offenders. Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is escorted by prison officials into the the Federal Prison Camp on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Bryan, Texas. But according to Mark MacDougall, a longtime white-collar defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor, the prison won’t be a walk in the park for Holmes. Housing at FPC Bryan typically consists of dormitory-style arrangements featuring a four-bunk cubicle and communal bath facilities, he said.

☆ Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reports to prison to begin sentence
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to begin serving her prison sentence for defrauding investors in the failed blood-testing startup, at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, May 30, 2023. Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes reported to prison Tuesday to begin her more than 11-year sentence for defrauding investors about the capabilities of her company's blood-testing technology. The ruling followed a day after an appeals court rejected Holmes' bid to stay out of prison while she appeals her conviction. A federal jury in San Jose, California, convicted Holmes on four counts of defrauding investors in Theranos, the company she dropped out of Stanford University to found in 2003. Balwani was convicted on 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes reports to prison in a day. It'll be a drastic change from her life of luxury as a onetime billionaire.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Theranos' founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is finally set to report to prison Tuesday. After several delays, she's expected to report to a federal prison in Texas by 2 p.m.Once worth $4.5 billion, Holmes can expect a drastic change in lifestyle. She's expected to begin her sentence at a federal prison camp for women in Bryan, Texas, after losing her most recent appeal. Before Theranos collapsed, Holmes would usually dine at expensive restaurants and go on shopping sprees, according to emails cited by prosecutors during her trial. Holmes wouldn't be able to walk freely about the prison camp, and her timetable would be strictly controlled.

☆ "Some people are like 'I want to be her friend,' says an inmate at a Texas federal prison camp ahead of Elizabeth Holmes' arrival: WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Inmates at a Texas federal prison camp are looking forward to Elizabeth Holmes' arrival, per WSJ. Holmes is scheduled to start serving her 11-year sentence at the federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas on Tuesday. The Bryan prison camp is a minimum security, all-female facility about 100 miles from Houston. Inmates at a Texas federal prison camp are looking forward to Elizabeth Holmes' arrival, according to a Sunday report from The Wall Street Journal. The Bryan prison camp is a minimum security, all-female facility about 100 miles from Houston.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes faces 6 a.m. wake-up calls and making her own bed at federal prison camp
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Theranos founder is expected to do so at Bryan federal prison camp in Texas. Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of Theranos, is expected to start serving her 11-year sentence at a federal prison camp in Texas Tuesday. At the prison camp, the 39-year-old mother of two will have no choice but to don khaki prison garb. A copy of "Bad Blood," John Carreyrou's book about the rise and fall of Holmes and Theranos, has been spotted in the library of the prison camp, per The Journal. The prison camp holds about 650 women convicted of white-collar crimes, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol following his conviction on seditious conspiracy. Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy in November along with Kelly Meggs, a fellow Oath Keepers member who will be sentenced later Thursday afternoon. "I had no idea that any Oath Keeper was even thinking about going inside or would go inside," Rhodes said. With Trump (preferably) or without him, we have no choice," Rhodes wrote in a message ahead of Jan. 6. "Patriots, it was a long day but a day when patriots began to stand," Rhodes wrote the night of Jan. 6.

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☆ Jen Shah and Elizabeth Holmes, both convicted of fraud, can take business skills classes at the Texas prison where they'll serve their sentences
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elizabeth Holmes will be staying at the same prison camp as Real Housewives star Jen ShahThe Texas women's prison offers business skill classes to all inmates. Both Holmes and Shah have been convicted of fraud relating to their business practices. Elizabeth Holmes is set to begin her 11-year sentence for fraud related to her failed blood-testing business at a prison camp in Texas that, ironically, offers business classes to inmates, according to an inmate orientation handbook. Holmes was convicted in November 2022 of three charges of wire fraud and one conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge after a jury found she defrauded investors in her health tech company Theranos. It's not all bad though: the prison offers wellness classes, arts and crafts, and leisure programs.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes will soon have to ditch her black turtleneck for khaki prison garb and will earn as little as 12 cents an hour working on the prison factory line
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Holmes will soon ditch her turtleneck and work in a factory line, earning 12 cents to a dollar. The disgraced Theranos CEO has been instructed to report to a Texas prison at the end of May. Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022. Elizabeth Holmes will soon be switching out her famous black turtleneck in favor of drab khaki prison wear when she reports to a prison in Texas at the end of the month. At the Texas prison, Holmes will be expected to dress in khaki pants and shirts and will have to dispense with any jewelry exceeding $100 in value, per an inmate admission and orientation handbook.

☆ Shell company stock hijacker Mark Miller sentenced to year in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Lengeling told Doty it "felt like we got punched in the gut, quite frankly" when he recently learned prosecutors were asking that Miller spend a year in prison for the penny stock scheme. In addition to his prison term, which Miller is expected to start serving in August, Doty sentenced Miller to two years of supervised release after he completes his time locked up. Miller and Jaberian, as well as an unidentified person related to Miller, became the nominal CEOs and presidents of the targeted companies, prosecutors say. Miller voluntarily dropped a suit related to efforts to take over New World Gold soon after CNBC reported his involvement with that company. Doty sentenced him on May 10 to two years of probation.

[1/2] Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in the New York City truck attack is seen in this handout photo released November 1, 2017. Saipov used a Home Depot rental truck to mow down people on a path along the Hudson River on Manhattan's West Side, according to prosecutors. He had hoped to the attack would help him gain membership in Islamic State, or ISIS, they said. Most of the people scheduled to speak at the hearing are traveling from Argentina and Belgium. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York and Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Opinion | Two Decades of Prison Did Not Prepare Me for the Horrors of County Jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Christopher Blackwell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Conditions in county jails aren’t just bad for people suffering from mental illnesses. A small bag of freeze-dried coffee that costs $3.34 in state prison cost almost $13 in County. Phone calls to our loved ones, which cost just over a dollar for 20 minutes at a Washington State prison, cost nearly $4 from the county jail. We have to care about what’s happening in county jails if we are to make our communities safer. With positive changes, people confined in county jail could come out of their stays better equipped to thrive in their communities.

☆ Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is awaiting her 11-year prison sentence. Here's a timeline of her relationship with her co-defendent and ex-boyfriend, Sunny Balwani.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Elana Klein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

In 2002, Elizabeth Holmes, then 18, met Sunny Balwani, then 37, in Beijing, China. Balwani became her long-term boyfriend and, later, the COO of her startup, Theranos. Both were sentenced to more than a decade behind bars — Balwani reported to prison in April. Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani engaged in a years-long workplace relationship that ended when he left their company, Theranos, in 2016. She was scheduled to report for her sentence in April, but it was delayed by appeals to her conviction.

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