In the News...Continuing the Conversation
The Goucher Prison Education Partnership seeks to stimulate awareness and meaningful dialogue about justice, incarceration, and educational access. We welcome you to learn about these issues and join us in the dialogue.
In the News...Continuing the Conversation
- September 30, 2025
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup (MCIJ) will be closing by the end of June 2026. As these plans have emerged, the GPEP staff has been in close communication with DPSCS administration and is working with them to determine the implications for our operations.
- November 18, 2024
Thanks to the support from U.S. senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, the Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP) recently received a $355,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to upgrade and expand its offerings.
- July 15, 2024
GPEP celebrated the first college graduation ever held in a woman’s prison in Maryland. NPR spoke to graduate Janet Johnson ’23 and Meredith Conde, GPEP’s director of operations and prison affairs, while reporting on nationwide access to college in prison.
- May 2, 2024
Ann W. Duncan, the Susan D. Morgan Professor of American Studies and Religion at Goucher, has been named executive director of GPEP.
- June 29, 2023
GPEP student James Randles III won the Rhoda M. Dorsey Leadership Award, which recognizes students for their sustained leadership, commitment, teamwork, ingenuity, and ability to work with those within and outside the Goucher community. James' mother Diane Richards, pictured here, accepted the award from Goucher President Kent Devereaux on behalf of her son.