Baltimore Magazine profiled William Freeman '20 about his Goucher education and experience as a former student of the Goucher Prison Education Partnership. Freeman now works with the Education Trust on policy advocacy to advance education opportunities for justice-impacted students.

Over the past decade, GPEP has been devoted to its mission to provide an excellent college education to students incarcerated in Maryland. More than 100 professors have taught over 200 college courses to more than 300 students in GPEP's first 10 years.

Former GPEP student and Goucher alumnus Donte Small and GPEP Director of College Operations Meredith Conde helped spread excitement about GPEP’s 10th anniversary and the impact of an in-person, liberal arts college education in prison in a recent interview on Baltimore’s WBAL-TV.

On Friday, November 11, GPEP celebrated its first ten years with a symposium exploring The Value of an In-Person, Liberal Arts College Education in Prison. GPEP Executive Director Eliza Cornejo and Goucher College President Kent Devereaux were joined by Robert Green, the Secretary of Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and Max Kenner, Executive Director of the Bard Prison Initiative.

Each year, Goucher College undergraduates are eligible to apply for three Phi Beta Kappa Awards. In 2022, GPEP students participated for the first time. The Phi Beta Kappa Award for Fine Arts was awarded to a student at MCIW, Shaka Wakefield. Inspired by Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher, Shaka's winning piece represents her journey in understanding perspective. Using a limited medium of colored pencils and sharpie pens, she was able to achieve extraordinary depth. Shaka's participation in the process and selection as the winner helps shift perspectives of GPEP students--both among GPEP students themselves in recognizing their value on a level playing field, and among members of Goucher's Towson campus whose viewpoints are broadened and strengthened by their fellow students at the prison campuses.