Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
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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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Target entity: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Context triple: [Orange Is the New Black, basedOn, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison]
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Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black is a critically acclaimed American comedy-drama television series set in a women's prison, known for its diverse ensemble cast and exploration of social and criminal justice issues.
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Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies is a critically acclaimed HBO drama series based on Liane Moriarty’s novel, following a group of affluent mothers in a coastal California town whose seemingly perfect lives unravel amid secrets, rivalries, and a mysterious death.
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Notorious RBG
Notorious RBG is the popular cultural nickname for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, celebrating her as a trailblazing feminist icon and champion of gender equality.
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Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere is a drama miniseries based on Celeste Ng’s novel, following the intertwined lives of two very different families in an affluent Ohio suburb in the 1990s.
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" is a candid, introspective memoir in which Roxane Gay explores her experiences with trauma, body image, fatness, and desire through the lens of her own body.
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Target entity: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Target entity description: 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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A.
Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black is a critically acclaimed American comedy-drama television series set in a women's prison, known for its diverse ensemble cast and exploration of social and criminal justice issues.
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B.
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies is a critically acclaimed HBO drama series based on Liane Moriarty’s novel, following a group of affluent mothers in a coastal California town whose seemingly perfect lives unravel amid secrets, rivalries, and a mysterious death.
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C.
Notorious RBG
Notorious RBG is the popular cultural nickname for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, celebrating her as a trailblazing feminist icon and champion of gender equality.
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Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere is a drama miniseries based on Celeste Ng’s novel, following the intertwined lives of two very different families in an affluent Ohio suburb in the 1990s.
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E.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" is a candid, introspective memoir in which Roxane Gay explores her experiences with trauma, body image, fatness, and desire through the lens of her own body.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
memoir
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| adaptationCreator | Jenji Kohan ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | Netflix ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Orange Is the New Black (TV series)
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linked to:
Orange Is the New Black
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| addressesIssue |
access to healthcare in prison
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prison overcrowding ⓘ reentry challenges after incarceration ⓘ treatment of women prisoners ⓘ |
| author | Piper Kerman ⓘ |
| basedOn | Piper Kerman's real-life prison experience ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
mandatory minimum sentencing
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mass incarceration in the United States ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
impact of incarceration on families
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power dynamics in prison ⓘ race and class in incarceration ⓘ rehabilitation and punishment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
daily life in women's prison
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relationships among incarcerated women ⓘ systemic issues in the U.S. prison system ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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prison memoir ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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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
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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
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criminal justice ⓘ drug trafficking ⓘ incarceration ⓘ women's prison ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership interested in criminal justice ⓘ |
| timeOfEvents |
1990s
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early 2000s ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | Piper Kerman's 13-month prison sentence ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Piper Kerman ⓘ |
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Subject: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Description of subject: 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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