Disgraced Terranos founder Elizabeth Holmes says life behind the bar is “hell and torture” as former Silicon Valley Darling breaks her silence for the first time since being convicted of fraud. Ta.
The mother of two young children, sentenced to a prison age of 11 and trapped in a federal prison camp in Texas. He told People Magazine She wakes up just after 5am, earns 31 cents per hour, gets a way to apply to her fellow inmates and receives treatment for post-traumatic stress.
“It's surreal. People who have never met me believe in me very strongly,” she told the magazine.
“They don't understand who I am. They are forced to question beliefs and spend a lot of time on what they want the truth to win. I am faith and ultimately Walking by truth, but here it was hell and torture.”
In her first prison interview, she looked back on her life, her beliefs, and her future aspirations.
The hardest part for Holmes was watching her children leave the safe glass doors with every visit.
“When I stand here, the people I like most have to leave, prisoners, and my reality sinks,” said the 41-year-old, celebrating Steve's next job. The former technical executive told the magazine.
Holmes said he found comfort with his weekend partner, Billy Evans, and his children, William, 3, and Invicta, 2.
When they part, her children press their fingers in the form of their hearts and say, “Mom, this is our love.”
“Our love is a superpower,” the mother tells her children.
Holmes said she has adapted to prison life. She sticks to routines that include starting work as a re-entry book before lifting, rowing, or running.
She helps prisoners prepare their resumes and apply for government benefits, earn 31 cents per hour, and as a consenting woman, she supports women seeking compassionate release. .
“There are not many of these women, and once they're there, they're forgotten,” she told people.
Holmes also teaches French and participates in cognitive and behavioral therapy for PTSD, reflecting past trauma and Terranos downfall.
“Do I want to leave, or I saw the abuse and understood it.
“It could destroy a lot of people and I managed to get through it as much as I could.”
Holmes continues to maintain her innocence, claiming that while Terranos turns out to be “failure is not a fraud,” she turns out to be a dead man.
She still considers her trial and belief to be a miscarriage of justice.
“The first thing was to accept that it happened, and then to forgive my side. [And] I refused to plead guilty to a crime I had not committed,” Holmes said.
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The Stanford University alumni said she plans to return to the healthcare industry after her release from prison, scheduled for April 3, 2032, despite her reputation being ruined.
At her popularity peak in 2015, Holmes's estimated net worth was $4.5 billion, according to Forbes.
The valuation was based on 50% ownership of Theranos, the biotechnology company she founded, but was once valued at $9 billion.
However, after Theranos collapsed due to a revelation that its blood testing technology was fraudulent, Forbes revised her net worth to $0 in 2016.
In 2022, Holmes was indicted and conspiracy to commit fraud and conspiracy, particularly wire fraud and wire fraud.
A year later, she was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for the misleading role of investors regarding Terranos' technology and financial health.
Her ruling was cut in nine years for good behavior. This is a standard reduction that applies under federal ruling guidelines. She is also ordered to pay $452 million in reparations to the victims of the crime.
Holmes has changed dramatically since her time as Theranos CEO and claims that she is now focused on criminal justice reform.
She drafted the proposed bill, the American Freedom Act, which aims to strengthen presumption of innocence.
Holmes said she has found the meaning of advising inmates who are rape survivors and helping others.
“Humans are not made to be in cells, and that's beyond understanding,” she said.
In an interview, Holmes said:
“Every moment is important, so I'm trying to grow, and if one person's life is in danger and touched to help them, that's important.”
Despite her conviction, Holmes is still working on patenting new healthcare technologies and plans to return to the industry upon release.
“There's no day when I'm not working on my research and invention,” she told people.
“I am totally committed to the dream of making affordable healthcare solutions available to everyone.”
Holmes said he traveled with his family and dreamed of an ongoing advocacy work for prison reform with his imprisoned mother.
She acknowledged the pain that caused her loved one.
“It kills me to put my family in pain, like me,” she told people.
“But looking back at my life and these angels that have come into it, I can get through anything, which makes me want to fight for all of it.”
