Because so many decisions are made outside of the public eye, the prosecutor’s office is often referred to as the “black box” of America’s criminal justice system. But a wave of new reformers, including Wesley Bell, Melissa Nelson, Aramis Ayala and Larry Krasner, are intent on letting in the light—through transparency, community engagement, and most important, regime change.

Read their stories: “Change Agents: A new wave of reform prosecutors upends the status quo”