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A Leading Prison Journalist Upends Our Obsession With True Crime

John J. Lennon tells Bill Keller that he “wanted to tell a different story about the guilty” in his new book.

Q&A • 11.04.2025

I Never Thought I Could Fall In Love With a Woman. Then Came Prison.

We call straight women who couple up with fellow prisoners “gay for the stay.” That slang masks the complexity — and often beauty — of these bonds.

Life Inside • 02.16.2024

My Biggest Daily Challenge in Prison Isn’t Violence. It’s the Monotony.

Boredom may seem like a small price to pay for committing a crime. But life on the inside isn’t so much a physical battle as it is a mental one.

Life Inside • 02.09.2024

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