![]() ![]() Kerman’s work and experiences align directly with the mission of Dismas House, a not-for-profit organization that provides housing and post-release services to people recently released from incarceration. In her compelling, moving and deeply funny book, Kerman explores the experience of incarceration and the lives of the women she met in prison: their friendships and families, mental illnesses and substance abuse issues, cliques and codes of behavior. Kerman’s popular memoir chronicles her “crucible experience” - the 13 months she spent in the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, after a brief involvement with drug trafficking sent her to prison on money laundering charges. Bestselling author, memoirist and social justice advocate Piper Kerman, whose book “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison” was adapted into an acclaimed television series, will be the keynote speaker when Dismas House of South Bend, Indiana, holds its annual dinner Wednesday, October 26, at Notre Dame Stadium’s Dahnke Ballroom. ![]()
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