<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 3 Next → Season 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Orange Is the New Black episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The fourth season of the American comedy - drama television series Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on June 17, 2016, at 12: 00 am PST in multiple countries . It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 54--60 minutes, with a 77 - minute finale . The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum - security federal prison . The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan . </P> <P> The season received critical acclaim, again winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for Uzo Aduba, and numerous other awards . </P>

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