Orange Is the New Black, Piper Kerman

Orange Is the New Black: Piper Kerman on Her Year in Prison

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 18, 2013

Piper Kerman talks about being sentenced to 15 months at a federal correctional facility. She writes about her experience in her memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, which offers a glimpse into the lives of women in prison. Her memoir is the basis for the new Netflix series “Orange is the New Black.”

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