import json

array = '{"fruits": ["apple", "banana", "orange"]}'
data  = json.loads(array)
print(data['fruits']) 
# the print displays:
# ['apple', 'banana', 'orange']

You had everything you needed. data will be a dict, and data['fruits'] will be a list

Your JSON data is a list of dictionaries, so after json.loads(s) you will have jdata as a list, not a dictionary.

Try something like the following:

import json

s = '[{"i":"imap.gmail.com","p":"someP@ss"},{"i":"imap.aol.com","p":"anoterPass"}]'
jdata = json.loads(s)
for d in jdata:
    for key, value in d.iteritems():
        print key, value

decode JSON strings into dicts and put them in a list, last, convert the list to JSON

json_list = []
json_list.append(json.loads(JSON_STRING))
json.dumps(json_list)

or more pythonic syntax

output_list = json.dumps([json.loads(JSON_STRING) for JSON_STRING in JSON_STRING_LIST])

Just adding onto alexce's response, you can easily convert the restructured data into JSON:

import json
json.dumps(result)

There are some potential security concerns with top-level arrays. I'm not sure if they're still valid with modern browsers, but you may want to consider wrapping it in an object.

import json
json.dumps({'results': result})

I'm assuming, you have double-encoded json. Just call another json.loads() on values of second dictionaries:

import json

json_text = r'''{
  "1": {
    "Data (L)": "[  { \"S\" : \"168\" }]"
  },
  "2": {
    "Data (L)": "[  { \"S\" : \"169\" }]"
  }
}'''

data = json.loads(json_text)

for k, v in data.items():
    for kk, vv in v.items():
        vv = json.loads(vv)
        print(type(vv))
        print(vv)

Prints:

<class 'list'>
[{'S': '168'}]
<class 'list'>
[{'S': '169'}]

Your json is not valid, your errors are:

1. you have an extra bracket, it shouldn't be there;
2. you are using single quotes, instead you should use double quotes;
3. and you are missing commas at the end of each row.

Pay attention on your errors here:

[
    {
        'address': 'Bramalea, L6T 0E2' <-- missing comma and using single quotes
        'type': 'home'                 <-- using single quotes
    },
    {
        'address': 'A, 46 Peel Drive, ASDF23' <-- missing comma and using single quotes
        'type': 'office'                      <-- using single quotes
    }
}  <---- extra bracket here
]

It should be like this:

[
    {
        "address": "Bramalea, L6T 0E2",
        "type": "home"
    },
    {
        "address": "A, 46 Peel Drive, ASDF23",
        "type": "office"
    }
]

Here is the final result for json.loads(data) with the correct json:

[{u'type': u'home', u'address': u'Bramalea, L6T 0E2'}, {u'type': u'office', u'address': u'A, 46 Peel Drive, ASDF23'}]

This should do the job:

result = None
with open("filename", 'r') as fh:
    result = [json.loads(line) for line in fh]

Or you can use map instead of list comprehensions as @JeffS said

result = None
with open("filename", 'r') as fh:
    result = map(json.loads, fh)