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Other people who saw her there agree. "She smiles at everyone," says Figueroa. "I saw her start a conversation with a visitor as she waited in line for coffee." On her first visit, Figueroa reports, Alexis ran into an unforeseen glitch: Vending machines provide the only food for guests – including microwave pizzas, sandwiches and barbecued chicken wings. She didn’t bring enough quarters, so to get a meal she had to leave early. And once visitors leave, they cannot return that day.
Clearly, Stewart is not in Westport anymore. She’ll sleep in the dorm while undergoing a series of physical and mental tests to determine what prison jobs she is suited for, some of which – such as landscaping the 159-acre campus – would seem to play to her strengths. Like all other prisoners, for the first 90 days Stewart will be assigned to kitchen duty. And prison food – mostly carbs and meat like pressed turkey or fried chicken – will be a shock. "I was told Martha has a nutritionist and a doctor who advise her," says Hay, who speaks to people close to Stewart. "She has been meditating and practicing breathing. She wants to come out stronger, fitter and healthier than when she went in."
