Inmates Await Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes: ‘I Want to Be Her Friend’ - WSJ
A copy of the bestselling book “Bad Blood,” which documents Theranos’s rise and fall, was spotted in Federal Prison Camp Bryan’s library earlier this year, an inmate who was released in March recalled.
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“Some people are like ‘I want to be her friend,’” said Tasha Wade, a current inmate who was convicted last year of defrauding a former boss to take vacations and pay for cosmetic and dental procedures. “But other people are like, ‘I can’t believe that’s all she got for taking all that money,’” Wade said.
Inmates also said some guards took a special interest in higher-profile inmates. One, for instance, recalled a corrections officer joking with colleagues that she looked forward to ordering Holmes to scrub pans.
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The prison’s tradition is that new inmates do a 90-day stint in the kitchen, the inmates said, noting that there are exceptions. The job pays 12 cents an hour and is considered one of the prison’s most grueling, said Lynn Espejo, a former inmate from Arkansas who was convicted of defrauding a physician’s office where she worked. Espejo, who now works in advocacy on behalf of other inmates, maintains her innocence.
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Evans, their 22-month-old son and infant daughter would be able to visit Holmes every weekend—visiting hours are limited to weekends and holidays—the inmates said. The Bryan camp’s visiting room has a play area for children, and families can gather in an outdoor area near the facility’s entrance.
BOP policies say children under 10 can sit on their parents’ laps at Bryan, and women who breast-feed may do so in visitation areas, but any milk they pump between visits will be discarded. Photographers sometimes take family pictures in front of backdrops painted by other inmates—for instance, roses for Mother’s Day, inmates recalled.
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