Convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is set to transfer to a halfway house in Del Valle, Texas, as she continues serving a federal sentence for wire fraud.
Holmes, 42, will move into the Austin Transitional Center, a privately-owned 460-bed “community corrections center,” on Aug. 23, 2027. She will be supervised there by the United States Probation office. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said it “does not discuss the conditions of confinement for any individual, including release plans,” and that transfer details cannot be released until after an inmate arrives at their designated institution.
Halfway houses, formally known as residential reentry centers, help inmates prepare for release by providing supervised support such as employment counseling, job placement assistance and financial management help, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Holmes is currently held at the Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum-security women’s facility in Texas that also houses Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein.
A cryptic message from behind bars
Ahead of her transfer, Holmes posted a message on X on Sunday marking the post with her initials, “EAH” — for Elizabeth Anne Holmes — the first time she has signed off a post that way since her sentencing in November 2022.
“I was silenced for a long time. And then imprisoned. I am fighting to prove my innocence and come home to my babies and the love of my life. I have now been imprisoned for 1,216 endless days and nights. During that time, as we fight for freedom, my loved ones have helped manage my account.”
She credited her husband, Billy Evans, 33, with managing her account during her incarceration, writing, “Billy is one of the people carrying that responsibility for me. He fights fiercely for me and our family. I love him beyond space and time.” She added that going forward, posts written in her own words would be marked “EAH.”
Holmes also thanked supporters who have written to her in prison, quoting a biblical verse: “Opening letters from my supporters at the end of unforgiving days constantly ignites the fire in my heart. The truth will set you free. John 8:32. EAH.” She shared a photo taken before she entered prison showing her resting her head on Evans’ shoulder while wearing a Milwaukee Brewers cap; it is unclear when the picture was taken.
Conviction and pending commutation request
Holmes was convicted in 2022 on four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy over her role at the now-defunct blood-testing startup Theranos. She was ordered to pay $452 million in restitution and was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison, later reduced by a year, making her eligible for release on Dec. 30, 2031.
Prosecutors said Holmes deceived investors between 2010 and 2015 by claiming Theranos’ technology could perform numerous medical tests using a single drop of blood from a finger prick. She did not plead guilty and has continued to maintain her innocence, telling People magazine in February 2025, “I refused to plead guilty to crimes I did not commit.”
Holmes has a commutation petition pending with the Trump Administration, which she filed last year.
Her final month before beginning her prison sentence is the subject of a film directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, “You Can See Everything,” set for release on Oct. 16. The movie was filmed in secret and had its first screening at the Telluride Film Festival earlier this month. In a trailer released around the same time, Holmes tells Fielder, “I’m not deceiving you.”
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