Doors open at 5:30pm | Program begins at 6:00pm | Reception and tours to follow
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA

Join us for an exclusive evening to celebrate the release of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. The event will feature a fireside chat offering a deep dive into the complex dynamics of the prison industry and its far-reaching consequences on communities.

Speakers:

• Dr. Kerry Sautner, President and CEO of Eastern State (Welcome)

• Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black (Moderator)

• Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises

• Robert Saleem Holbrook, Executive Director of Abolitionist Law Center

• Jesse Krimes, artist and Executive Director of the Center for Art & Advocacy

This event was co-hosted by Eastern State Penitentiary State Historic and Abolitionist Law Center.

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Program begins at 6:30pm | Reception to follow
Cooperman Commons, David Geffen Hall at Columbia Business School, New York, NY

Join us for a compelling conversation to celebrate the release of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. The event will feature a panel conversation offering a deep dive into the complex dynamics of the prison industry, the false ethics of carceral capitalism, and its far-reaching consequences on communities.

Speakers:

• Damon Philips, Professor of Management at Wharton Business School and adjunct senior research scholar at Columbia Business School (Welcome)

• Jelani Cobb, Dean of Columbia Journalism School and staff writer at The New Yorker (Moderator)

• Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises

• Johnny Perez, Director, U.S. Prisons Program, National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Refreshments will be served. This event is co-hosted by the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change at Columbia Business School, the Columbia University Center for Justice, and the Columbia Journalism School.

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Program begins at 7:00pm | Village Well Books & Coffee, Los Angeles, CA

Join for a powerful conversation on the far-reaching harms of the prison industrial complex with two leading voices for justice: Alec Karakatsanis, author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News, and Bianca Tylek, author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. The event will feature a panel conversation offering a deep dive into the complex dynamics of the prison industry, the false ethics of carceral capitalism, and its far-reaching consequences on communities.

Speakers:

• Alec Karakatsanis, Founder and Executive Director of Civil Rights Corps

• Bianca Tylek, Founder and Executive Director of Worth Rises

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Program begins at 6:30pm | Roots Collective Bookstore & Market, Miami, FL

Join us for a compelling conversation to celebrate the release of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. The event will feature a panel conversation offering a deep dive into the complex dynamics of the prison industry, the false ethics of carceral capitalism, and its far-reaching consequences on communities.

Speakers:

• Phil Agnew, Co-Director of Black Men Build

• Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises

• Maya Ragsdale, Co-Executive Director of Beyond the Bars Miami

Refreshments will be served.

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CultureRoad Salon Presents: The Prison Industry

Program begins at 7:00 pm | CultureRoad, Miami, FL

Come join us for a salon-style, eye-opening discussion led by criminal justice activist, Bianca Tylek, based on her new book The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. We'll delve into the complexities of the prison system, exploring its impact on society and individuals.

Speakers:

• Marcus Glover, Managing Partner, Lockstep Ventures

• Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises

• DeEtta Jones, Founder & CEO, CultureRoad By Detta Jones & Associates

Attendees will receive a free signed book with their ticket.

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May 20th | Just Impact Conference

Event for conference attendees

Tuesday, May 21, 2025 | Easy Does It | Doors open at 7PM | Program begins at 7:30PM

Reception and book signing to follow

Speakers

• James Kilgore, activist and author of Understanding Mass Incarceration and Understanding E-carceration (moderator)

• Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits

• Richard Wallace, Executive Director of Equity and Transformation

This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises and our partners.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025 

George Pearl Hall, Dept of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico 

Doors open at 6:30PM | Program begins at 7:00PM | Book signing to follow

Speakers

• Bernadine Hernández, associate professor, University of New Mexico, and author of Border Bodies: Racialized Sexuality, Sexual Capital, and Violence in the Nineteenth Century Borderlands (moderator)

• Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits

• sheri crider, artist and Founder, Sanitary Tortilla Factory

This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.

Register today to join us!