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With all due respect to Orange Is The New Black, few women are cool spending time in the pokey. Just ask Teresa Giudice, who recently began a 15-month government-sponsored vacation at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut.

Teresa Giudice

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Women can talk all the hardbody nonsense they want, but few things are as hardbody as being in prison. These famous women with Piper Chapman time in jail can probably attest to how rough life in the box can be.


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Foxy Brown

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Foxy Brown

Fox Boogie knocked out an eight-month stint in Rikers after violating the terms of her probation.

Lil' Kim

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Lil Kim

In 2005, the Queen Bee was sentenced to 366 days in prison and ordered to pay $50,000 for lying to a grand jury.

Da Brat

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Da Brat

After hitting another Atlanta club patron in the face with a glass bottle in 2008, Da Brat was sentenced to three years behind bars, seven years of probation and 200 hours of community service.

Martha Stewart

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Martha Stewart

The domestic queen of design, planning, and all things posh got pinched in 2004 for lying to feds about a stock. That earned her five months in prison, plus five months of home confinement.

Lindsay Lohan

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Lindsay Lohan

Embattled actress and occasional pop singer Lindsay Lohan was released from an L.A. area jail four-and-a-half hours after being booked for violating her probation by stealing a necklace. Who says rich people can’t be ratchet?

Remy Ma

Two assault charges in conjunction with a 2008 conflict with Makeda Barnes-Joseph left Remy Ma incarcerated for eight years.

Michelle Rodriguez

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Michelle Rodriguez

A DUI landed Michelle Rodriguez in jail for 18 days of a 180-day sentence in 2008.

Lauryn Hill

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Lauryn Hill

Uncle Sam slapped Lauryn Hill with a three month stint in a low-security prison in 2013 for tax evasion charges.

Marion Jones Thompson

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Marion Jones

One of the forgotten participants in the BALCO scandal was former Olympic track star Marion Jones. Jones was hit with six months in 2004 for lying to federal agents.

Heidi Fleiss

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Heidi Fleiss

After earning her nickname of “The Hollywood Madam,” Heidi Fleiss had to retire her pimp hand and serve three years in prison for running a high-end call girl ring that catered to rich and powerful men.

Patty Hearst

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Patty Hearst

No one expected Patty Hearst to tote guns, and play roles in bank robberies and kidnapping until it happened. Ultimately, Hearst had a 35-year sentenced commuted by President Jimmy Carter after serving two years.

Jane Fonda

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Jane Fonda

When she was mistakenly arrested in 1970 due to authorities erroneously calling her vitamins illegal drugs, fitness queen and lecturer Jane Fonda flexed during her mugshot.

Snooki

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Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi

The all too familiar “drunk tank” got a visit from Snooki during a 2010 episode of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Polizzi got cracked for disorderly conduct.

Teresa Giudice

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Teresa Giudice

On January 5, 2015, Real Housewives Of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice began serving her 15-month sentence for several charges of tax fraud. Both Teresa and her husband Joe were charged together, but Joe got a much longer 41-month sentence.