Not sure what to think of it. The characters and story are rather engaging, but it really bugs me that they go so far to basically deny all of the characters any responsibility for being where they are or touch on the ramifications of their situation. 'oh being in jail isn't her fault, it was her girlfriend/boyfriend/sister's boyfriend/husband's mafia buddies/etc etc.' The only ones I've seen so far who're actually shown as being, and accepting that they are, directly responsible for being where they are to any extent is the bunk mate with the illegal immigration thing and the tranny. And in the process they completely circumvent how fucked up the justice system is, what kind of fucked up effects all of that shit has on the people involved, etc etc. The message of the show seems to be that if women get unlucky then someone else around then will do something bad and they'll be forced to deal with tampons in their food and lesbian relationship drama and imaginary chickens or some shit.
I get that maybe I'm expecting too much from what's basically a high school drama transplanted into a prison setting, but I can't avoid thinking that it seems kinda trivializing to ignore the important stuff coming from a country with 25% of the world's prisoner population, where minorities are incarcerated disproportionately for non-violent crimes, where systemic abuse, prison rape, exploitation etc. is rife. Kinda like making a light hearted comedy drama about soldiers in Afghanistan which doesn't touch on the morality of the war, the effect it has on the locals, war crimes, brutality, mortality, PTSD, the political situation, etc. Seems kinda shitty, although I guess it shouldn't surprise me, coming from the same woman who gave us the ode to irresponsibility, selfishness and bad parenting that is Weeds.
But hey, I'm still watching it.