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The Orange is the New Black writers definitely leaned heavily on the Attica prison riot for inspiration — Leanne and Angie even referenced "Attica" in the Season 4 finale.

Jenji Kohan overhauls her acclaimed Netflix prison dramedy 'Orange Is The New Black' with high stakes, a compressed time period and audacious but inconsistent results.

'Orange Is the New Black' season six releases July 27 on Netflix — here's a season five refresher of where all the characters of Jenji Kohan's prison dramedy left off.

The strong characters in 'Orange Is the New Black' elevate the show to great heights, and their often tragic backstories add depth.

It was sometime around the 30-minute mark of episode 11 of the new Netflix original series “Orange is the New Black” that I suddenly felt that going to a women’s prison might not be so bad.

As Kerman, a consultant on the series, observes, “Orange Is the New Black” is particularly sensitive to the plight of incarcerated women and their families.

Warning: This contains major spoilers for the fourth season of “Orange Is the New Black.” The penultimate episode of “Orange Is the New Black’s” powerful fourth season features the death ...

Note: This article contains spoilers for Orange is the New Black's final season. Orange is the New Black has had its final outing, with its seventh and final season now on Netflix.

See photos: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 2 First Look: Taylor Schilling Gets Bloody, Prison Gets a New Inmate (Photos) “They’re all in prison; the guards are in prison too,” Kohan said.

If the prison guards have kind of blurred together for you while watching Orange Is the New Black, don't feel bad. Over two dozen people have played a guard at one time or another — and that ...