Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Piper Eressea Kerman (born September 28, 1969) is an American memoirist whose experiences in prison provided the basis for the comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.Kerman was born in Boston into a wealthy family with many doctors, attorneys and educators. She graduated from Smith College in 1992. A self-described WASP, in 1993 she entered into a romantic relationship with a woman who dealt heroin for a West African kingpin. Kerman laundered money for the drug operation.In 1998, Kerman was indicted for money laundering and drug trafficking and subsequently pleaded guilty. Beginning in 2004, she served 13 months of a 15-month sentence at FCI Danbury, a minimum security prison located in Danbury, Connecticut.At present, Kerman works as a communications strategist for nonprofits.Kerman published her best-selling memoir about her experiences in prison, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, in 2010. An adaptation of the same name by Jenji Kohan, the Emmy award-winning creator of Weeds, debuted in July 2013 on Netflix. Kerman's analogue on the series ("Piper Chapman") is played by Taylor Schilling. The program was renewed for a second season before season 1 premiered.Kerman serves on the board of the Women's Prison Association and is a frequent invited speaker to students of law, criminology, gender and women's studies, sociology, and creative writing, and also to groups that include the American Correctional Association's Disproportionate Minority Confinement Task Force, federal probation officers, public defenders, justice reform advocates and volunteers, book clubs, and formerly and currently incarcerated people. On February 25, 2014, Kerman testified at a hearing on "Reassessing Solitary Confinement" before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights chaired by Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin.Kerman was the 2014 recipient of the Justice Trailblazer Award from the John Jay College Center on Media, Crime & Justice.. }
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- Piper_Kerman abstract "Piper Eressea Kerman (born September 28, 1969) is an American memoirist whose experiences in prison provided the basis for the comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.Kerman was born in Boston into a wealthy family with many doctors, attorneys and educators. She graduated from Smith College in 1992. A self-described WASP, in 1993 she entered into a romantic relationship with a woman who dealt heroin for a West African kingpin. Kerman laundered money for the drug operation.In 1998, Kerman was indicted for money laundering and drug trafficking and subsequently pleaded guilty. Beginning in 2004, she served 13 months of a 15-month sentence at FCI Danbury, a minimum security prison located in Danbury, Connecticut.At present, Kerman works as a communications strategist for nonprofits.Kerman published her best-selling memoir about her experiences in prison, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, in 2010. An adaptation of the same name by Jenji Kohan, the Emmy award-winning creator of Weeds, debuted in July 2013 on Netflix. Kerman's analogue on the series ("Piper Chapman") is played by Taylor Schilling. The program was renewed for a second season before season 1 premiered.Kerman serves on the board of the Women's Prison Association and is a frequent invited speaker to students of law, criminology, gender and women's studies, sociology, and creative writing, and also to groups that include the American Correctional Association's Disproportionate Minority Confinement Task Force, federal probation officers, public defenders, justice reform advocates and volunteers, book clubs, and formerly and currently incarcerated people. On February 25, 2014, Kerman testified at a hearing on "Reassessing Solitary Confinement" before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights chaired by Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin.Kerman was the 2014 recipient of the Justice Trailblazer Award from the John Jay College Center on Media, Crime & Justice.".