Nearly 40 years before Orange Is the New Black, Fox launched its own comedy series centered on female inmates.
Women in Prison debuted in 1987 during the network's first year of primetime programming. The single-season sitcom followed five women at the fictional Bass Women's Prison in Wisconsin, including a framed socialite and an embezzling computer expert. It mixed crude humor with an ensemble cast that featured Julia Campbell, the late Wendie Jo Sperber, CCH Pounder, Antoinette Byron, and Peggy Cass.
