As a person with an incarcerated loved one, and as a former instructor for a prison higher education program, I am well aware of the many financial challenges and barriers to educational opportunities faced by the incarcerated. I also understand the spiritual importance of writing and autodidactic learning in the prison environment. I therefore provide incarcerated authors with discounted rates on my services, excluding phone meetings. Because I have enough challenges using the prison phone and electronic mail systems with my own incarcerated loved one, I do not have the extra capacity to communicate directly via phone or electronic mail with incarcerated authors and will need their free world family members or friends to communicate with me on their behalf.
To receive editing or formatting services, incarcerated authors will need to have a friend or a family member submit drafts to me via email, either in the form of original document digital scans or in the form of digital text. I do not accept submissions or communications by mail. The friend or family member will also need to submit payment on behalf of the incarcerated author, as well as serve as the designated person to communicate with me. If the incarcerated author is part of a correspondence or on-site education program, we can work out a modified and feasible approach to my requirements for academic integrity for editing graded assignments. I am happy to provide incarcerated authors with free skill-building worksheets and handouts (via their designated friend or loved one) to help them make revisions based on my edits, or to help them carry out self-edits before submitting a document to me for editing. For incarcerated authors who are interested in broader autodidactic learning, see my miscellaneous services page for information on working with me to develop customized curricula materials.
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