Overview
- The Bureau of Prisons moved Ellison on October 16 from Danbury FCI in Connecticut to community confinement, which can mean home confinement or a halfway house.
- She remains in federal custody after roughly 11 months of a two-year sentence, with a projected release date of February 20, 2026.
- Prison officials declined to explain the transfer or disclose her placement, citing privacy, safety and security, and her attorneys declined to comment.
- Ellison pleaded guilty in the FTX/Alameda fraud and served as a key witness against Sam Bankman-Fried in 2023, detailing the misuse of customer funds.
- Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year sentence at a low-security prison in San Pedro, California, while appealing; other cooperating FTX insiders received time served.