<P> Sam Healy ( played by Michael J. Harney ) -- Healy is an experienced Corrections Officer and supervisor at Litchfield Penitentiary who has a Master of Social Work and acts as prison counselor to many of the inmates . He is initially presented as someone who , though rigid , genuinely wants to help the inmates under his care . Due to his preference for avoiding confrontation , Healy is contemptuously referred to as `` Samantha '' by Caputo , who feels that Healy is not tough enough on the inmates . Healy generally appears weary and often tells the inmates what they want to hear so they will leave him alone - he later admits to his own counselor that he is dissatisfied with his job , having gone into it with such idealistic notions of changing the world , but his experiences have left him cynical . Despite this , he still shows a sense of justice , such as forging evidence to show that Suzanne ( who was going to take for the fall for an assault she did not commit ) was in fact innocent . Healy has an outspoken personal vendetta against lesbians for unknown reasons , cautioning Piper at the beginning of the series not to be involved with lesbian activity . While early on he appears particularly sympathetic towards Piper and even acts biased in her favor , he increasingly dislikes her as he hears rumors of her alleged lesbian activities . His hatred of lesbians , first presented as a quirk , is later revealed to be a deep - seated pathological problem when he explosively sends Piper to solitary confinement purely because she was dancing closely with Alex . In season four , it is revealed that his hatred of lesbianism was imbued in him by his father , who believed that it was a disease akin to schizophrenia . His increasing disdain of Piper culminates in his acquiescence to Tiffany Doggett 's attempt to murder her in the first - season finale . </P>
<P> Sam Healy ( played by Michael J. Harney ) -- Healy is an experienced Corrections Officer and supervisor at Litchfield Penitentiary who has a Master of Social Work and acts as prison counselor to many of the inmates . He is initially presented as someone who , though rigid , genuinely wants to help the inmates under his care . Due to his preference for avoiding confrontation , Healy is contemptuously referred to as `` Samantha '' by Caputo , who feels that Healy is not tough enough on the inmates . Healy generally appears weary and often tells the inmates what they want to hear so they will leave him alone - he later admits to his own counselor that he is dissatisfied with his job , having gone into it with such idealistic notions of changing the world , but his experiences have left him cynical . Despite this , he still shows a sense of justice , such as forging evidence to show that Suzanne ( who was going to take for the fall for an assault she did not commit ) was in fact innocent . Healy has an outspoken personal vendetta against lesbians for unknown reasons , cautioning Piper at the beginning of the series not to be involved with lesbian activity . While early on he appears particularly sympathetic towards Piper and even acts biased in her favor , he increasingly dislikes her as he hears rumors of her alleged lesbian activities . His hatred of lesbians , first presented as a quirk , is later revealed to be a deep - seated pathological problem when he explosively sends Piper to solitary confinement purely because she was dancing closely with Alex . In season four , it is revealed that his hatred of lesbianism was imbued in him by his father , who believed that it was a disease akin to schizophrenia . His increasing disdain of Piper culminates in his acquiescence to Tiffany Doggett 's attempt to murder her in the first - season finale . </P>
who runs the prison in orange is the new black
who runs the prison in orange is the new black
Sam Healy
Sam Healy