Elizabeth Holmes is incarcerated on the similar jail camp as 'Actual Housewives' star Jen Shah

• Elizabeth Holmes reported to Federal Jail Camp Bryan in Texas to start her 11-year, three-month sentence.
• She’ll share a facility with fellow inmate Jen Shah, star of “Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis.”
• At Camp Bryan, inmates are required to work, and are capable of take courses on the aspect.

Final week, Elizabeth Holmes reported to Federal Jail Camp Bryan in Texas to start her 11-year, three-month sentence after a jury convicted her on fraud and conspiracy prices. She’ll share a facility with fellow inmate Jen Shah, star of “Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis.”

“There is a assure they’ll run into each other,” Shah’s jail guide Justin Paperny informed ET. “There’s additionally going to be an understanding amongst them, so for that cause, I think they’re going to join. They could develop into mates.”

The minimum-security jail homes round 655 inmates and has had its share of notable faces — together with Scorching Pockets heiress Michelle Janavs who was concerned with the 2019 faculty admission scandal, and Jan. 6 Capitol riot participant Jenna Ryan.

Holmes was convicted of 4 felony counts of fraud and conspiracy for deceiving traders who contributed tens of millions of {dollars} to Theranos, her failed biotech startup that claimed to have the ability to scan for medical issues utilizing solely a single drop of blood. At one time, the corporate was upheld as revolutionary for the medical trade, with Holmes gracing the duvet of Forbes. The startup’s catastrophic downfall captured the general public’s consideration, spawning documentaries, and books, podcasts, and TV reveals.

Shah was sentenced to six.5 years, which was later diminished by over a yr, after pleading responsible to wire fraud prices for her half in a telemarketing scheme that focused the aged.

‘I need to be her good friend’

Present inmates at Camp Bryan informed the Wall Road Journal that there was heightened anticipation for Holmes’ arrival. A replica of “Unhealthy Blood” — the bestselling guide by John Carreyrou that detailed the demise of Theranos — was reportedly discovered within the jail’s library.

“Some individuals are like ‘I need to be her good friend,'” present inmate Tasha Wade informed the Wall Road Journal concerning the buzz round Holmes’ arrival. “However different individuals are like, ‘I am unable to imagine that is all she received for taking all that cash.'”

One other inmate informed WSJ that they heard a corrections officer joking that they seemed ahead to creating Holmes scrub pans.

‘There usually are not many variety individuals on this place’

Shah has been detailing her experiences at Camp Bryan through a collection of on-line journals. In a single from March 9, she writes, “there usually are not many variety individuals on this place.” Shah additionally writes concerning the facility’s brown bag breakfasts — which embrace “one piece of wheat bread, an apple, two packets of jelly and a packet of immediate oatmeal” — and about making cellphone calls to the surface world.

At Camp Bryan, inmates are required to work, and are capable of take courses on the aspect — together with ones on enterprise expertise.

“She may work as an orderly scrubbing bogs and showers. She will work in meals service, scrubbing pots and pans, serving meals within the buffet line thrice every week,” Paperny informed ET, referring to jobs on the facility Holmes may tackle. “Jennifer Shah, fortunately, was capable of get a beautiful job in training the place she is educating.” 

In line with TMZ Shah additionally reportedly organized a play together with her fellow inmates known as “Actual Housewives of Bryan.”

In an emailed assertion, Shah’s consultant Chris Giovanni stated, “Jen has since adjusted to jail life, constructing sturdy connections with among the different feminine inmates via her faith, her ‘SHAH-MAZING ABS’ health class, and upcoming play that the women are placing collectively inside Bryan.”

Attorneys representing Holmes didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.