Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

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memoir non-fiction book

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison is a memoir by Piper Kerman recounting her experiences serving time in a U.S. federal women’s prison and examining issues of incarceration and justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf memoir ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
adaptationCreator Jenji Kohan ⓘ
adaptationNetwork Netflix ⓘ
adaptedAs Orange Is the New Black ⓘ
surface form: Orange Is the New Black (TV series)
addressesIssue access to healthcare in prison ⓘ
prison overcrowding ⓘ
reentry challenges after incarceration ⓘ
treatment of women prisoners ⓘ
author Piper Kerman ⓘ
basedOn Piper Kerman's real-life prison experience ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizes mandatory minimum sentencing ⓘ
mass incarceration in the United States ⓘ
exploresTheme impact of incarceration on families ⓘ
power dynamics in prison ⓘ
race and class in incarceration ⓘ
rehabilitation and punishment ⓘ
focusesOn daily life in women's prison ⓘ
relationships among incarcerated women ⓘ
systemic issues in the U.S. prison system ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
prison memoir ⓘ
hasFormat audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalContext U.S. federal criminal justice system ⓘ
mainCharacter Piper Kerman ⓘ
market adult nonfiction ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor inspiring a popular streaming television series ⓘ
originalMediaType print ⓘ
placesDescribed Danbury, Connecticut ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
portrays conditions in minimum-security federal prison ⓘ
publicationDate 2010 ⓘ
publisher Spiegel & Grau ⓘ
setting Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury ⓘ
subject U.S. federal prison system ⓘ
criminal justice ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ
incarceration ⓘ
women's prison ⓘ
targetAudience general readership interested in criminal justice ⓘ
timeOfEvents 1990s ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Piper Kerman's 13-month prison sentence ⓘ
titleCharacter Piper Kerman ⓘ

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Piper Kerman → hasWrittenWork → Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison