CRJS214 Constitutional Rights in Corrections


This course details the significant changes in recent years in judicial policy toward prison litigation. Significant new Supreme Court cases such as Sandin v. Conners and Farmer v. Brennan are discussed, along with materials and information on frivolous claims, access to the courts, good-time credits and the current trend in reducing prisoners’’ benefits.

Constitutional Rights of Prisoners, Sixth Edition, John W. Palmer
 ISBN 0-87084-227-7