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We are warehousing mental illness, criminalizing trauma, and punishing poverty.

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“I always remember the first door that closed behind me that didn’t have a handle.”

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“We stood there in a lake of blood watching a man pull his guts from himself.”

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“What I miss about my mom the most [is that] I don’t get to touch her and
I don’t get to feel her, and I don’t get to see her with my own eyes.”

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Boxes of meat were labeled “NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.” This is probably the only place where you will see that label; regardless, the food would end up on the serving line.

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However, when Piper Chapman gets out, recidivism is not the reality she faces. Piper Kerman landed a book deal and her own critically acclaimed TV show.