Worth Rises is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to dismantling the prison industry and ending the exploitation of those it impacts through extensive advocacy and systems change efforts
VISIT WEBSITEABOUT
- ISSUE AREA: Prison Abolition & Criminal Injustice System
- ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET: $2,700,000
- GEOGRAPHY: United States
KEY FINDINGS
- Has helped pass 9 bills targeting prison labor profiteering, saved $200 million in communication-related costs for families facing the incarceration of a loved one, and convinced 12 states to consider bills making prison telecommunications entirely free in 2023 and 2024
- The organization is ready to activate a campaign against other sectors of the prison industry: financial services, electronic monitoring, and prison construction
- Financial stability for the organization means raising as much as the organization needs currently, not an eye towards everlasting growth since they are laser-focused on fair compensation and generous benefits packages for employees
- Worth Rises underwent an expert-led branding and communications update early 2022, so the opportunity with Elevate would be around campaign-building, awareness, and storytelling