Actually, that isn't true. The contempt power is used to force compliance, and once it becomes clear that compliance will not be forthcoming, the contempt power is, in principle, exhausted. The time interval for this is typically on the order of weeks or months, and in no event does it extend for a year.
Are you sure about that?
Doesn’t it depend whether it is “civil” or “criminal” contempt? I think “civil” contempt has no set limit on the duration of the sentence and can continue indefinitely until compliance is forthcoming.
What about this guy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beatty_Chadwick
Served 14 years for a contempt charged he wouldn’t comply with.
Couldn’t the governor let her loose via an EO?