--- title: Uzo Aduba of Orange Is the New Black Changing Perceptions of Prisoners description: Has the Netflix series changed the way we think about women in prison? canonical: https://time.com/2966446/uzo-aduba-orange-is-the-new-black-on-changing-perceptions-of-prisoners/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-08T16:28:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:27.201Z og:title: Uzo Aduba of 'Orange Is the New Black' on Changing Perceptions of Prisoners og:description: Has the Netflix series changed the way we think about women in prison? og:url: https://time.com/2966446/uzo-aduba-orange-is-the-new-black-on-changing-perceptions-of-prisoners/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c92d7bf00fbf36c/69869ae013c79f6da4192f9d/uzo_aduba2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5475 og:image:height: 3080 og:image:alt: Yael Stone and Uzo Aduba in a scene from Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” Season 2. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Uzo Aduba of 'Orange Is the New Black' on Changing Perceptions of Prisoners twitter:description: Has the Netflix series changed the way we think about women in prison? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c92d7bf00fbf36c/69869ae013c79f6da4192f9d/uzo_aduba2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Uzo Aduba of _Orange Is the New Black_ on Changing Perceptions of Prisoners > Sponsored content. 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Bailey—Netflix by [Quora](https://time.com/author/quora/) ## Quora Jul 8, 2014 4:28 PM UTC [_Answer_](http://www.quora.com/Has-Orange-Is-The-New-Black-changed-perceptions-towards-women-in-prison) _by_ [_Uzo Aduba_](http://www.quora.com/Uzo-Aduba)_, actor in Orange is the New Black, on Quora._ Absolutely, a firm yes. Before this show, I think I was not unlike Piper or perhaps even many viewers of the show, who, not that they didn’t realize that the inmates were people, but just simply didn’t recognize that they had a life and a story. Every sentence has a story. It really is true. It wasn’t until I read the pilot and I auditioned that I was like, ‘Wow, that was really great. I would love to be a part of the story like that.’ My character came in during the second episode and when I was reading the script (I think I was about a quarter way in), I reached the part with Red’s backstory and I immediately understood the show. This person, this story that we’re telling, actually has absolutely nothing to do with their crime. If you notice, it’s actually really interesting. For a lot of the characters, we don’t even know why they’re even in there and you can come to this conclusion from just watching 13 episodes. The show has little to do with their reasons for being in jail. It has more to do with who they are inside jail, who they were before going to jail, and what pieces of who they are remain and/or changed. I found it to be a fascinating study. Being on the show forced me to depart from the crime portion and instead view these women as mothers, daughters, neighbors, aunts, children, and babysitters. They are people with jobs and people who had lives. They are not just a number, not a crime, not a jumpsuit. They’re people. _This_ [_question_](http://www.quora.com/Has-Orange-Is-The-New-Black-changed-perceptions-towards-women-in-prison) _originally appeared on_ [_Quora: Has “Orange Is The New Black” changed perceptions towards women in prison?_ ](http://www.quora.com/Has-Orange-Is-The-New-Black-changed-perceptions-towards-women-in-prison)_More questions:_ * [What’s the first thing that you would do if you were nominated for an Emmy?](http://www.quora.com/What%E2%80%99s-the-first-thing-that-you-would-do-if-you-were-nominated-for-an-Emmy) * [How do actors handle the pressure of awards season?](http://www.quora.com/How-do-actors-handle-the-pressure-of-awards-season) * [How has the binge-watching model, used by platforms like Netflix, impacted television?](http://www.quora.com/How-has-the-binge-watching-model-used-by-platforms-like-Netflix-impacted-television) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2966446/uzo-aduba-orange-is-the-new-black-on-changing-perceptions-of-prisoners/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2966446/uzo-aduba-orange-is-the-new-black-on-changing-perceptions-of-prisoners/"},"headline":"Uzo Aduba of Orange Is the New Black on Changing Perceptions of Prisoners","datePublished":"2014-07-08T16:28:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:27.201Z","description":"Has the Netflix series changed the way we think about women in prison?","url":"https://time.com/2966446/uzo-aduba-orange-is-the-new-black-on-changing-perceptions-of-prisoners/","keywords":["Living","Crime","Television","Orange Is the New Black","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c92d7bf00fbf36c/69869ae013c79f6da4192f9d/uzo_aduba2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Quora","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/quora/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c92d7bf00fbf36c/69869ae013c79f6da4192f9d/uzo_aduba2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Yael Stone and Uzo Aduba in a scene from Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” Season 2.","caption":"Yael Stone and Uzo Aduba in a scene from Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” Season 2.","creditText":"K.C. 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