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
"Heroin in Fiction" in @Plough is an excellent essay about literature and sobriety, with zero cliches about recovery and thoughtful sentences that left me thinking in the middle of the night, in my cell, after I finished it. Nice job, @jordan_castro2.
"[Mr. Lennon's] rehabilitation while incarcerated has been nothing short of remarkable... If I had the opportunity, I would grant him his freedom."
Judge Frederic Block responds to @JohnJLennon1's book review in @washingtonpost
When I recently reviewed federal Judge Frederic Block's book, sure, I liked the idea of critiquing a judge from the joint, and I even ribbed him a bit, which is to say I did not expect the judge to write this letter. Grateful and humbled.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/18/prison-fruit-flies-duck-hunting-autumn/
Another one from the Sullivan nonfiction workshop. In
@theappeal, LaMarr Knox writes about being a father in prison.
https://theappeal.org/how-i-learned-to-be-the-best-dad-i-can-in-prison/