The Problem

We have built an industry and economy dependent on human caging and control that capitalizes on crime and prevents justice

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The Solution

exposing Exploitation

We conduct research, collect data, and perform innovative analyses aimed at unmasking the harms caused by the prison industrial complex. Understanding the mobilizing power of knowledge, we transform our analyses into accessible and compelling content designed to increase awareness and shift discourse around the commercialization of the criminal legal system.

Organizing for change

We organize and lead campaigns that center on protecting and returning resources to directly-impacted communities. We equip consumers, investors, public agents, elected officials, celebrities, litigators, advocates, and the public with the tools needed to challenge those who profit from our nation's carceral crisis. 

Our Impact

Worth Rises' 5-Year Impact Report shows what it looks like to dismantle the prison industry in practice. Inside, you'll see how shifting culture, changing policy, and toxifying profiteering have delivered real wins. The report also outlines what we're working on next. Read on to see how we win — and how you can help.

Our Board

Tahir Boykins

Tahir BoYkins
Associate General Counsel, TriWest Healthcare Alliance

Michelle Daniel jones

Michelle DanieL jones
ARTIST & PhD Candidate, New York University

Sam Jacobs

Sam Jacobs (Chair)

Bianca Tylek
Founder & Executive
Director, Worth Rises

 

Our Team

Bianca Tylek
Executive Director

Celina Chapin
Chief Advocacy Officer

RA AVIS
Chief Narrative Officer

Antonya Jeffrey
Director of policy
campaigns & government affairs

 

Nico MacDonald
Director of Communications & Marketing

CS Wright
director of finance
& operations

Alice Hamblett
Policy Campaigns Manager

Loella Disto
Digital Associate

 
 

Mackenzie Jarecki
Executive Assistant

 
 
 

Our Founder

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Bianca Tylek is one of the nation’s leading experts on the prison industry, the author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits, and the Founder and Executive Director of Worth Rises.

Her groundbreaking work has brought relief to countless families impacted by incarceration and wreaked havoc on the prison industry. She leads the movement to make prison and jail communication free and has blocked financing for prison construction, challenged the malicious bankruptcies of prison healthcare providers, pressured corporations to stop facilitating death penalty executions, and so much more.

Bianca’s TED Talk has garnered 1.5 million views and her work has been covered by the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, NPR, The Nation, Mother Jones, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, and more.