If Elizabeth Holmes goes to federal prison, will she serve time in what many people call a country club, or "club fed?"
Yesterday, I received an email from someone who doesn't know Ms. Holmes, but who wrote to tell me that he is so excited that she's going to get convicted at trial. And the downside to the email was he was very disappointed to know that her time in federal prison would be easy because she's going to serve time in what he called a "club fed".
Why do people call it a country club? It started, I believe, in the eighties with Diane Sawyer, formerly of ABC. She did this piece, I think, with helicopters and photos of this federal prison. It might have been in a Nevada prison that's now closed. But there was a pool and there was a track and there was racketball courts and tennis courts. And people were like, "This is utterly absurd. My tax dollars are warehousing these people in a country club. I'm working full-time. I can't exercise for four hours a day. I don't have access to a track. I don't have access to three meals a day. This place is a country club. This is ridiculous. This is absurd. These prisoners have it too good."
The truth is once she ultimately gets to prison, it's a new world. She's going to be strip-searched upon her surrender. She'll surrender with a few hundred dollars and her ID and some medications. And she's going to be in a world around staff that is indifferent to her plight, that potentially have very little sympathy for her.
In fact, because she's such a high target, it's essential that she understands that environment, she understands that both staff and prisoners can be seeking to exploit her because prison can be boring.
Some longer-term prisoners look to make a name for themselves, look to fight, don't care if they get transferred to higher security prisons, or go to the hole, also known as the special housing unit, though of course there's nothing special about it.
She has to understand there's a target on her. So the way that she adjusts in front of prisoners and staff will really set the tone for her journey. Because she can't do anything in prison, whether it's fitness, or writing, or reading, or teaching, or rebuilding her network and reputation if she's getting into trouble or associating with the wrong people or responding inappropriately when challenged. And I can assure you, it's inevitable that it will happen.
As I wrap up this video talking about Elizabeth Holmes, I want to stress what it takes for someone to be successful in prison. Ms. Holmes, if she's in prison, must focus on what she can and cannot control, something the stoics have taught for thousands of years. She can't control if she's scrubbing toilets and showers initially. She can't control her bunkie's up all night and making noises and cooking and slamming the locker and listening to music and talking to her friends. She may not be able to control that. She may not be able to control when she can call home, how much time she has access to email, when she can visit, how early she can get released, what programs qualify for The First Step act and more.
What can she control? Her attitude. We will cover that topic in future videos.
To get more details about what Ms. Holmes can expect in federal prison, and specifically Dublin Federal Prison Camp, read our blog:
prisonprofessors.com/womens-f...
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