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.
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