John J. Lennon
Prison Journalist
RECENT JOURNALISM BY JOHN J. LENNON
Can the Parole Process Make Prison Sentences More Just?
The Prisoner and the Pen
True Crime and Punishment: An Exchange
How Do People Released From Prison Find Housing?
Peddling Darkness
The Prison Letters Project: Considering Past Trauma
Cover photo: Christaan Felber
ABOUT JOHN J. LENNON
John J. Lennon currently serving a 28-years-to-life sentence at Sing Sing Correctional Facility for murder, drug sales and gun possession.
He is a contributing editor at Esquire and a contributing writer at the Marshall Project. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and elsewhere.
JOHN J. LENNON’S TWITTER
Check out Robert Lee Williams's latest in @Plough, about a man we used to see and hear playing the trumpet in the Sullivan yard. I miss it now, but am happy Robert captured Ummah's story for you all to experience.
Here's another piece in @MarshallProj from my friend LaMarr Knox, who writes about his nightmarish transfer from Sullivan to Shawangunk. Happy he's continuing to write and publish.
I loved @esquire's "The Invisible Man" by Patrick Fealey, a journalist suffering from manic depression and homelessness. The best magazine pieces are the ones that stay with you after you finish reading them. This one stayed with me. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/
Another piece published from the Sullivan writing workshop. Proud of Rashon!