Manuscript Editing for Journal of Prisoners on Prisons Articles
Founded in 1988, the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons is a prisoner-written, academically oriented, peer-reviewed non-profit journal in the tradition of the penal press. It brings the knowledge of prison writers together with academic argument to inform public discourse on carceral institutions. It gives criminalized people an educational forum for research that concerns them directly. The University of Ottawa Press publishes it, and its editor is in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa.
The journal publishes work by current and former prisoners, including original papers, collaborative essays, transcribed discussions, book reviews, and photo or graphic essays. Articles run 20 pages at most, and legibly handwritten work is accepted. Writing may be in English or French, and writers may publish anonymously or under a pseudonym. Writers supply full bibliographic information, following the references in the most recent issue, with URLs where available. Off the Grid Editing applies the journal's instructions when you send them, including its reference style. Members of the Editorial Board peer review each paper. Selected articles are corrected for composition and returned to the author for approval. Papers not selected come back with the editor's comments and may be revised and resubmitted. The journal is fully open access. Submissions go through the journal's Open Journal Systems site.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Journal of Prisoners on Prisons.
The journal's submission guidelines cover article types, languages, and review. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our legal editing services cover criminology and criminal justice research, where social science references and legal citations meet in the same paper. Academic proofreading covers the final read. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for The Prison Journal and the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Journal of Prisoners on Prisons submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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