Part 1. The law and policy of sentencing
Introduction to sentencing
Guilty pleas and plea bargaining
Sentencing statutes and guidelines
Procedural rights during sentencing
Sentencing evidence
Community-based sentences
The death penalty
Cruel and unusual punishment and noncapital cases
Parole release and probation and parole revocation
Enmeshed penalties ("collateral consequences" of convictions)
Part 2. The law and policy of corrections
An introduction to the rights of imprisoned people
First Amendment rights
Access to the courts
Procedural due process
Housing assignments and prison programs
Searches, seizures, and privacy rights
Cruel and unusual punishment
Part 3. Litigation of incarcerated persons' civil-rights claims
Litigating incarcerated persons' civil-rights claims
Remedies.