Women in Prison: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This take-off comedy on women's prison sagas, throws a bunch of unlikely roomies together, for laughs. This comedy takes place in cell-bock J of the Bass Women's prison in Wisconsin. Some of the inmates are Vicki, a yuppie housewife framed for shop-lifting by her husband; Dawn, a black who murdered her husband; Bonnie, an English prostitute; Eve, the "old lady" who has been there for at least ten years; and Pam serving time for computer crimes. Meg was the guard and Blake the assistant warden.

Series details

• Title: Women in Prison
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1987-10-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 1988-02-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 40758
• TVDB ID: 73773

Cast and credited roles

• Julia Campbell — Vicki Springer
• Blake Clark — Clint Rafferty
• CCH Pounder — Dawn Murphy
• Peggy Cass — Eve Shipley
• Antoinette Byron — Bonnie Harper
• Denny Dillon — Meg Bando
• Wendie Jo Sperber — Pam

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1987-10-11; final listed air date 1988-02-20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Women in Prison on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.