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Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is expected to begin her 11-year prison sentence at Bryan, Texas, prison camp on Tuesday - and it appears she will already be well known among some of her fellow prisoners.
A former inmate who was released in March recalled seeing a copy of the book Bad Blood' in the prison library.
The book charts the rise and fall of Theranos, written by the former Wall Street Journal journalist who broke news of her failing business that still managed to fraudulently raise $700million from investors including Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
The books very presence has only served to fuel prison gossip among the inmates who are preparing for Holmes' arrival.
Some inmates have expressed an interest in befriending Holmes, while others are in disbelief that she received a relatively lenient sentence considering the vast amount of money involved in her crimes.
Her 11-year sentence represents a comeuppance for the wide-eyed woman who broke through 'tech bro' culture to become one of Silicon Valley´s most celebrated entrepreneurs, only to be exposed as a fraud.
Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, is set to begin her 11-year prison sentence at the Bryan prison camp in Texas
The grounds of FPC Bryan where Holmes may exercise and even take fork-lift training lessons. Business classes are also on offer at the facility
A former inmate who was released in March recalled seeing a copy of the book Bad Blood' in the prison library. The book charts the rise and fall of Theranos
'Some people are like 'I want to be her friend,' said Tasha Wade to the Wall Street Journal who is a current inmate at the prison. 'Others are like, 'I can't believe that's all she got for taking all that money,'' Wade added.
Questions still linger about Holmes' true intentions - so many that even the federal judge who presided over her trial seemed mystified. And Holmes' defenders continue to ask whether the punishment fits the crime.
Her many detractors contend she deserves to be in prison for peddling a technology that she repeatedly boasted would quickly scan for hundreds of diseases and other health problems with a few drops of blood taken with a finger prick.
The technology never worked as promised. Instead, Theranos tests produced wildly unreliable results that could have endangered patients' lives - one of the most frequently cited reasons why she deserved to be prosecuted.
For now, Holmes, 39, a mother-of-two, has been ordered by a judge to report to the Federal Bureau of Prisons by 2pm on May 30 when she will begin to pay the price for her deceit.
The Bryan camp is located about 100 miles northwest of Houston, her childhood home.
The prison currently houses 655 mostly non-violent female offenders who have committed white-collar crimes, low-level drug offenses and immigration-related offenses in a minimum-security facility.
One former inmate, Jenna Ryan, who was jailed for her participation in the Capitol siege but who has since been released, said the prison was a mixed experience.
Inside the minimum security FPC Bryan, prisoners sleep in four-person rooms in a dorm-style set-up with bunk beds and without any doors, rather than cells
All-women's prison mostly houses non-violent offenders serving time for white collar crimes
'The girls are sweet, some of the guards were nice, some were mean,' Ryan told the Journal. 'It is like a `Survivor' episode; you have to make alliances, you have to play your cards right.'
Judge Edward Davila recommended Holmes be placed at the Bryan camp to make family visits easier as she grew up in Houston, although the Bureau of Prisons has not publicly disclosed where she will be held.
Holmes had been living in the San Diego area while free on bail with her 22-month-old son William, and her infant daughter Invicta.
Her children will be able to visit her on weekends and holidays, with kids under 10 permitted to sit on their parents' laps.
The Bryan camp's visiting room even has a play area for children.
The father of both children is William 'Billy' Evans, whom she met after breaking up with her former romantic and business partner, Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani, 57.
Her ex began serving a nearly 13-year prison sentence last month in Southern California, after being convicted for 12 felony counts of fraud and conspiracy committed while he was Theranos' chief operating officer and living with Holmes.
Elizabeth Holmes will report to prison to start serving her 11-year sentence on Tuesday
Holmes is pictured with her then-fiancé (now husband) the hotel heir Billy Evans.
Holmes sentence came after she misled investors
