Preparing for release from prison -- Free at last? -- Probation and parole -- Halfway houses and work release centers -- Give me shelter -- Dealing with your parole officer -- Finding work -- Going back to school -- Family, love, and sex -- The devil you know: avoiding alcohol, drugs, weapons, and violence -- The holy trinity: money, debt, and business -- Special problems for Jill Convict -- Epilogue: freedom as a felon in the United States.
