Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reported to a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas on Tuesday, May 30.Go Nakamura/Reuters
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 former Theranos CEO, who became a billionaire based on a false promise that patients could get a full range of medical lab results from just a single drop of blood, is now spending her days at Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, a minimum-security women's prison.
An inmate handbook found on the Bureau of Prisons website spells out the basics of life at FPC Bryan, where "Real Housewives" star Jen Shah is also an inmate.
According to the guide:
Wake-up is at 6 a.m.
Inmates are responsible for making their beds every day, including on weekends and holidays. They are also responsible for basic cleaning of their rooms (sweeping, mopping, and removing trash)
Inmates can have "only one approved radio or MP3 player, and watch at a time."
Inmates can wear minimal jewelry — "a plain wedding band and an appropriate religious medallion and chain without stones" — that does not exceed $100.
Phone access is limited to weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and then again from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Inmates can't make calls during their work shifts, and they can only be on the phone for 300 minutes per month (or about 10 minutes per day).
The Bureau of Prisons is experimenting with video calls, which are 25 minutes long and cost $6.00 per session. For an inmate making as little as $0.12 per hour, which is the lowest inmate pay rate, it would take more than 50 hours of work to pay for a 25-minute video call.
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