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Sophia is a friendly person in general, and finds joy from her job in the salon. Beauty related activities seem to be the main way she passes her time in prison. Her relationships with family, colleagues, and other inmates are often complicated because she is a transgender woman.
Jul 10, 2015 · We know how she wound up there — a scuffle with another inmate, and she was taken away for her own "protection — but how did she end up in Litchfield in the first place?
- Rachel Paige
Jul 30, 2019 · Why Is Sophia Burset in Prison? Years ago, Sophia was a male fireman. Once she decided to transition to a female, she committed credit card fraud to finance her operation and hormone therapy.
- Maggie Panos
Aug 8, 2014 · An independent voice in the prison and once a straddler of two worlds, Sophia’s air of aloofness delicately emphasizes the isolation she still faces at Litchfield.
- Marc Snetiker
Jun 24, 2015 · Vulture spoke to Laverne Cox about Sophia’s difficult season, the realities of being a trans woman of color in prison, and what she thinks about Ruby Rose’s gender-fluid crusade.
- Senior Editor, New York Magazine
Jul 30, 2019 · Like Piper and Blanca (Laura Gomez), Sophia was released from prison at the end of the sixth season, after she threatened to sue the prison and was offered $300,000 and early release to stay...
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Jul 28, 2018 · Sophia Burset is, without a doubt, one of the most complex inmates on Orange Is the New Black. While we know a lot about her complicated past at this point in the series, season five focuses on...
