“So, you work in a prison? Is it anything like Orange Is The New Black? Or Prison Break? Or…”
I’ve received this question more times than I can count in the past few weeks. Whenever I tell people about my Independent Study, this is usually one of the first questions I am asked.
At first, I thought it was funny so I laughed it off. But now the more that the question is asked, the less funny I find it.
Is Orange Is The New Black really what people think prison is actually like? Or for that matter, do people think that any show or movie which depicts prison life is 100% accurate?
The women I work with know that they’ve done something wrong, but they want to get better and to start their lives again. The most “attitude” I’ve seen all semester is from the guards who work there.
Why is it that there is such a stigma against prison life? Is it because we as humans are afraid of the unknown, the unusual? There are so many questions, and sadly not enough answers yet.
But I can tell you one thing, this prison (and the people in it) are nothing like those in Orange Is The New Black. There’s not even a theme song!
Please let me know what you think, and share.
Until next time.
When Life Hands You Lemons... 
You are doing a great service to a community in need. Along with providing a touch of reality as opposed to a fiction people may take as reality.
Thanks for your great work.
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That’s really nice to hear, thank you for your kind words!
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I haven’t ever watched the show but can imagine being a show. I’m glad yours is more like they want to get better instead of being rotten to the core. Keep up the work! 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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