Disgraced biotech company founder is now due to be released in August 2032, two years and four months before original date

Disgraced biotech company founder is now due to be released in August 2032, two years and four months before original date

Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced former chief executive of the blood-testing company Theranos, has had her federal prison sentence shortened again, new records show.

The 40-year-old Holmes is now scheduled for release on 16 August 2032 from a federal women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas, according to the US Bureau of Prisons website.

Holmes’s sentence was reduced by more than four months, as her previous release date was set for 29 December 2032.

A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons confirmed Holmes’s amended sentence to the Guardian but said he could not comment further due to “privacy, safety and security reasons” for inmates.

This is the second time  that Holmes has had her sentence shortened. In July, was reduced by two years.

People incarcerated in the US can have their sentences shortened for good conduct and for completing rehabilitation programs, such as a substance abuse program.

  • @SirSamuel
    107•7 months ago

    That’s the way it was. Privilege, which just means ‘private law.’ Two types of people laugh at the law; those that break it and those that make it.

    Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

    • androogee (they/she)English
      8•7 months ago

      I mean certainly that’s true to some extent.

      But people get their sentences reduced all the time, for lots of reasons.

      There’s just not a headline every time it happens to a poor person.

      How much of this is just a bias of awareness?

      • @SirSamuel
        6•7 months ago

        You make a fair point.

        It just felt like a good place to drop a little social commentary from my favorite author

      • @SirSamuel
        3•7 months ago

        If you’re ever wondering “Should I reread the entire discworld series?” The answer is Yes