The legal rights of the convicted

The second edition offers an updated discussion of relevant and current case law. New topics, including juvenile life without parole (LWOP), habeas corpus for enemy combatants, and transgendered inmates were addressed. New sections on DNA collection and testing, Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), and deportation of legal residents were included in the updated edition. More significant court cases and their summaries were also added to the end of the book.

Introduction -- Sentencing -- First Amendments rights of access to the courts and free expression -- First Amendment rights : freedoms of religion and association -- Fourth Amendment rights -- Use of force -- Due process rights : prisoner discipline and classification -- Eighth Amendment -- Jails and prisoner litigation and reform -- Probation and parole -- Civil liability.