Jamie De Jesus Sr. is a student at Marquette University, which hosts the McNeely Prison Education Consortium. (Photo provided by Jamie De Jesus Sr.)

By Devin Blake

This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org .

After spending more than 20 years under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections – including 11 years incarcerated – Jamie De Jesus Sr. didn’t expect to be where he is now.

“I swear to God, I would have never thought in my wildest dreams that I’d be a student at Marquette,” he said.

Marquette University is part of the McNeely Prison Education Consortium, a growing network of colleges and universities offering educationa

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