Jax Legal Aid Justice Awards

Piper Kerman, author of ‘Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,’ will deliver the keynote address at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid’s 19th annual Equal Justice Awards Thursday, September 20^th , 5:30 p.m. at the Omni Hotel located at 245 Water St. Kerman’s memoir was adapted into the Netflix original series and is based on Kerman’s story of 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.  For tickets and more info www.JaxLegalAid.org/EqualJusticeAward.