Here's What All The Orange Is The New Black Inmates Are In Prison For
If you do the crime, you gotta do the time
By Anna Lewis
Netflix
If you do the crime, you gotta do the time
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1
Piper
Criminal conspiracy and money laundering
Alex convinced her to smuggle drug money through customs.
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2
Alex
Heroin trafficking and then probation violation
Alex smuggled heroin for drug kingpin Kubra Balik.
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3
Sophia
Credit card theft
She needed money for hormone therapy and a gender reassignment operation.
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4
Daya
Drug-related charges
These charges are most likely to do with her mother Aleida's boyfriend Cesar's drug operation.
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5
Aleida
Drug-related charges
She let Cesar set up a drug lab in her apartment and helped him with manufacturing. She mentions at one point that she took the fall for him.
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6
Big Boo
Felony theft or fraud
We don't know the exact details of her crime, but Big Boo has referred to herself as a "thieving dyke," in the past so her offence is probably theft or fraud.
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7
Pennsatucky
Second degree murder
She shot an abortion clinic worker who made a snide comment about the number of abortions she'd had.
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8
Nicky
Possession of heroin and breaking and entering
Nicky and a friend broke into a neighbour's apartment to steal their belongings so they could sell them and buy heroin. She was subsequently arrested for breaking and entering while also carrying heroin on her person.
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9
Morello
Mail-order fraud, attempted murder, harassment and violating a restraining order
Firstly Morello ran a mail-order scam in which she ordered items online and received them, but claimed they never arrived. She then met a man who she dated for a while before he called it off. Morello proceeded to stalk him, leaving him no choice but to place a restraining order on her. She then made attempts on his and his new girlfriend's life by putting a homemade explosive underneath their car.
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10
Red
Organised crime
After struggling to befriend the wives of a bunch of mobsters who frequented her and husband Dmitri's deli, Red punched the wife of the mob boss in the chest, accidentally rupturing a breast implant. Her and Dmitri were then forced to undertake some extremely unpleasant jobs as punishment, including corpse storage at the deli.
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11
Crazy Eyes
Kidnapping and involuntary manslaughter of a minor
She invited a young boy she met at the playground to come to her house to play with her. He soon became scared and tried to escape via a fire escape but slipped and fell.
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12
Taystee
Heroin trafficking and parole violation
It's presumed that she was part of Vee's drug ring.
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13
Flaca
Endangerment and fraud
Flaca sold fake LSD, made out of paper and water, to her fellow high school students. But one boy who bought the 'drugs' was suicidal and while thinking he was high, jumped off the roof of their school.
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14
Maritza
Grand theft auto
She attempted to scam a car dealership during a test drive.
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15
Blanca
Elder abuse
While working as a carer for a nasty elderly woman named Millie, Blanca fell in love with her gardener Diablo. Millie then fired him because she claimed she wasn't as focused and he was distracting Blanca from her work.
To get revenge at Millie, Blanca and Diablo had sex in her room while Blanca stared at Millie. Because she is unable to move much or walk on her own, she's left watching the two have sex.
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16
Brook
Political protest
She is arrested for protesting logging by living in a tree so it couldn't be cut down.
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17
Leanne
Drug possession and breaking house-arrest
Leanne was brought up in an Amish community. She briefly left the community with a number of her peers to experience what normal life is like, and during this time she discovers drugs. After deciding to return to her community, a rucksack full of drugs is discovered in a field near her home, and is traced back to her. To avoid being banished, she cooperates with the police and shops in her peers. She is placed under house-arrest for her involvement but after running away because her and her family are being shunned by the community, she breaks her probation.
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18
Angie
Drug related charges
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19
Gloria
Food stamp fraud
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20
Mei Chang
Organised crime
Mei Chang is involved in organised crime, which takes place out of her family's traditional Chinese medicine store. The store also deals illegal animal parts on the side.