<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 13 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> June 17, 2016 (2016 - 06 - 17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 5 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 13 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> June 9, 2017 (2017 - 06 - 09) </Td> </Tr> <P> The series revolves around Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a woman in her 30s living in New York City who is sentenced to 15 months in Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum - security women's federal prison (initially operated by the "Federal Department of Corrections," a fictional version of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and later acquired by Management & Correction Corporation (MCC), a private prison company) in upstate New York . Piper had been convicted of transporting a suitcase full of drug money for her girlfriend Alex Vause (Laura Prepon), an international drug smuggler . The offense had occurred 10 years prior to the start of the series and in that time Piper had moved on to a quiet, law - abiding life among New York's upper middle class . Her sudden and unexpected indictment severely disrupted her relationships with her fiancé, family and friends . </P> <P> In prison, Piper is reunited with Alex (who named Piper in her trial, resulting in Piper's arrest) and they re-examine their relationship . Simultaneously, Piper must learn how to survive in prison and how to overcome its numerous, inherent struggles . Episodes often feature flashbacks of significant events from various inmates' and prison guards' pasts . These flashbacks typically explain how the inmate came to be in prison or develop the character's backstory . </P>

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