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Joe Caputo is the conflicted former Director of Human Activities at Litchfield Penitentiary, a man caught between institutional demands and his own moral compass. Despite his flaws and compromises, he genuinely fights for the women under his care while struggling with personal loneliness and professional frustrations in a broken system.

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