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Oct 2018
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SMNTY Classics: Women's Prisons vs. "Ora...

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A recent report found that female inmates in the US are far likelier to be disciplined than male inmates. Learn more about women's prisons, and the accuracy (or not) of "Orange is the New Black" in this classic episode.

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