Elizabeth Holmes was declared the next Steve Jobs before it all came crashing down. This is her life now.

On May 31, 2023, Elizabeth Holmes was officially sent to prison.

She was sentenced to 11 years in prison for scamming $1.5 billion out of investors who believed her company, Theranos, had invented a technology that could diagnose medical conditions like cancer with a simple pinprick of blood.

Her elaborate scheme was the subject of a podcast called The Dropout, which was later adapted into an award-winning series starring Amanda Seyfried.

The high-profile fraudster surrendered herself to prison guards to begin her sentence, after being convicted in 2022. She made several bids to avoid prison time and have the conviction overturned, but ultimately, she was unsuccessful.

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Almost two years on, Holmes is currently serving her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum-security facility located approximately 160km from Houston, Texas.

In the same prison is Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah. She is behind bars for a telemarketing fraud scam, and is expected to be released in November 2026.

The prison houses around 600 inmates in dormitory-style accommodations. Security is minimal, as it primarily holds non-violent offenders, including those convicted of white-collar crimes.

Holmes herself is expected to be released in 2032, though this could change with further sentence reductions for good behaviour.

Now, in her first interview from prison, the 41-year-old is maintaining her innocence about what happened at Theranos.

"I refused to plead guilty to crimes I did not commit," she told PEOPLE.

"Theranos failed. But failure is not fraud."

She also shared what life behind bars has been like — and it is dramatically different from her time at the helm of a $9 billion company.

Here's what Elizabeth Holmes' life is like now.

Elizabeth Holmes' children visit twice a week.

Holmes told PEOPLE that she finds moments of joy in prison — twice a week, to be precise, when her children William, three, and Invicta, two, are able to visit.

Holmes recalled her kids pressing their fingers together to make a heart sign, saying in unison, "Mummy, this is our love."

Holmes responded, "Our love is a superpower."

"I always wanted to be a mother," she said. "I truly did not think I would ever be convicted or found guilty."

She gave birth to William just weeks before the start of her fraud trial; her pregnancy with her daughter a year later delayed the beginning of her sentence by a month.

But watching her family leave after visiting hours are over "shatters [her] world every single time".

"The people I love the most have to walk away as I stand here, a prisoner, and my reality sinks in," she said.

The mother-of-two added that it "kills [her]" to put her family through pain, but she remains more determined than ever to get out the other side stronger.

"When I look back on my life, and these angels that have come into it, I can get through anything. It makes me want to fight for all of it."

Elizabeth Holmes is working in prison.

The 41-year-old hasn't let incarceration halt her ambitions. She's taken on roles as both a reentry clerk and law clerk within the prison, while continuing to pursue her original mission of improving healthcare accessibility.

"There is not a day I have not continued to work on my research and inventions," she said, adding, "I remain completely committed to my dream of making affordable healthcare solutions available to everyone."

Holmes has also found a new calling in advocating for criminal justice reform, drafting what she calls an "American Freedom Act" bill to strengthen the presumption of innocence.

"This will be my life's work," she declared, adding that she's speaking out now to advocate for incarcerated persons and those separated from their children.

Even in the early days of her imprisonment, Holmes fought for changes within the system, including advocating for lactation rooms after her own experience trying to provide breast milk for her daughter.

"I wanted my daughter to have her mother's milk," she recalled. "It was important to me because it was a way to love her in here."

What's next for Elizabeth Holmes?

With approximately seven years remaining on her sentence, Elizabeth faces a long road ahead.

And while she maintains her innocence, the one-time tech founder acknowledged there are things she would've "done differently" if she had her time again.

"I'm not the same person I was back then," she told PEOPLE.

"People who have never met me believe so strongly about me. They don't understand who I am. It forces you to spend a lot of time questioning belief and hoping the truth will prevail.

"But it's been hell and torture to be here."

This article was originally published in May 2023 and has since been updated with new information.

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