A look at the stories behind the stories and the humans behind the characters and the numbers behind those stories in everybody’s favorite lezalicious prison dramedy.

“as many as 90% in women in prison for killing a man were battered by those men, and whereas men are sentenced 2-6 years on average for killing their intimate partners, women are sentenced on average 15 years for killing their partners.”

Read all of this. Get angry.

How “Real” Is “Orange Is The New Black”? Comparing The Show To The Memoir To The Numbers