There's a particular hierarchy in the prison - class distinctions, high-school cliques. You have to learn how to navigate.
Laura PreponIt's cool because you get to see that some of these women are there because they should be. They're actually not good people to be in society. And then, other people are there because they just made a really retarded mistake.
Laura PreponAnd other people get the opportunity to leave prison, and then they do something to get put back in there because they can't actually function in society. It's really cool because you get to see all these different women, their backstories, where they come from, their upbringing and why they get to where they get to, and they're all completely different. It's really cool that you get to see all those storylines.
Laura PreponMy family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.
Laura Prepon