The sixth season of the American comedy-drama television series Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on July 27, 2018, at 12:00 am PDT in multiple countries.

[3] The main story arc of the season involves a gang-like war between two cell blocks which is sparked by the feud between two sisters.

Those found in the bunker are held in isolation at Litchfield's maximum security prison, and they face various abuses from the guards and inmates.

Piper desperately tries to find Alex, and fears the worst when she learns a prisoner had died in the riot.

Daya makes a plea agreement for Humphrey's murder, while Taystee is considered a leader as the public face of the riot.

On work detail, Cindy, Flaca, Daya and Morello steal toiletries, but the products are sabotaged as an initiation.

Aleida struggles with employment outside of prison, and she gets involved in a pyramid scheme selling dietary shakes.

Daddy's rat prank results in MCC losing the lucrative cheese-packaging contract and unintentionally closing the route that CO Hellman uses for smuggling.

Though Alex doesn't want to take part, she ends up with the phone when Badison is stabbed in the yard by Daddy's girls.

Preparing to leave town, Caputo goes on his first real date with Figueroa, and tries to give her closure for a past event.

Blanca, wanting a baby due to her limited fertility, provides Daya the drugs in exchange for retrieving Diablo's sperm donation from the visitation washroom.

The inmate league has seen little action since segregating the blocks, so Luschek agrees to an interblock kickball championship in the field.

Cindy makes an anonymous call to Caputo, provoking him into questioning a suspicious CERT member; Figueroa advises him to instead work the PR campaign.

Aleida is shocked to see Daya high on heroin, but she continues supplying her eldest to save her younger children.

Maria has a change of heart and convinces McCullough to let the captains pick new teams, mixing the blocks.

When Badison signals the attack, Suzanne kicks a high ball and the inmates are caught in the excitement of the play.

With no fight causing a lockdown, Barbara and Carol's antagonism results in their deaths, bumping Copeland from last to first in fantasy inmate.

Piper and Sophia are united with family members, but Blanca is taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for which PolyCon is running a new detention facility.

[5] For the sixth season, Laura Gómez, Matt Peters and Dale Soules were promoted to series regulars.

The site's critical consensus reads: "Brutality and humor continue to mesh effectively in a season of Orange Is the New Black that stands as a marked improvement from its predecessor, even if some arcs are more inspired than others.

"[7] For the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Laverne Cox received a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.