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Plain accounts of how a system operates: who decides, on what evidence, within what deadline, and what recourse follows a refusal. Topics run from immigration procedure to complaints against public bodies. Intended for people navigating a process themselves and for reporters who need the mechanics straight.

Step-by-step accounts of how a legal process works, for readers meeting asylum systems, appeals or complaints procedures for the first time.

Explainers

What the ADA actually requires of jails and prisons

The Americans with Disabilities Act covers people behind bars, and federal settlements show what that means in practice: interpreters, medication, accessible cells, and program access.

Colin Reyes
Wide accessible prison corridor with handrails and a wheelchair parked outside a cell