Author

John J. Lennon

John J. Lennon is serving 28 years to life at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, NY. He is a contributing writer for The Marshall Project, and has written for Esquire, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vice, Pacific Standard, among others. He can be reached at johnjlennonjournalist@gmail.com; read more at johnjlennon.org.

Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside

Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside

Editor’s note: Reporter and teacher Shaheen Pasha (2018 Nieman Fellow) met John J. Lennon when she interviewed him for a larger package she did on writing programs and newspapers inside America’s prisons.…
August 9, 2018