<P> Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy - drama series created by Jenji Kohan, which premiered on July 11, 2013, on Netflix . The series, based on Piper Kerman's memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), follows Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a happily engaged New Yorker who is sent to a women's federal prison for transporting a suitcase full of drug money across international borders, 10 years prior, for her girlfriend at the time, Alex Vause (Laura Prepon). </P> <P> As of June 9, 2017, 65 episodes of Orange Is the New Black have been released, concluding the fifth season . Ten of the thirteen episodes of the fifth season were leaked online by hackers prior to its scheduled premiere date . </P> <P> The series has been renewed for its sixth and seventh seasons . </P>

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