In a world where the hunting and purchasing of material goods is prevelant, minimalism challenges you to take control and reduce the things in your life.
Taystee talks to the press about the unjustifiable death of one of her fellow inmates, Poussey Washington. She also talks about the corrupt justice system.
Five high school students, all from different stereotypes (brainiac, athlete, basket case, princess, and criminal) report to detention on a Saturday. The narrator indicates that these stereotypes don't truly reflect who the students are and are merely "convenient definitions" of them.