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Articles written by John J. Lennon

John J. Lennon

John J. Lennon is currently at Sing Sing, serving a sentence of 28 years to life in the New York State prison system. He is a contributing writer for The Marshall Project, and his work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Quartz, Vice, Pacific Standard, The Hedgehog Review, Harvard Law Record, and PEN America.

Jan 02, 2018
DiDonato Heads Up the River

Joyce DiDonato performs at Sing Sing prison alongside inmate Joseph Wilson, who is writing an opera, as part of Carnegie Hall’s Musical...

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