Enoch Burke was moved from Mountjoy for his own safety, High Court hears

The jailed teacher was no longer entitled to stay in a single cell and due to overcrowding at Mountjoy he was transferred to Castlerea

Enoch Burke was transferred after he was stripped of his 'enhanced' prison status due to his behaviour during an escort to a recent court hearing.

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke was transferred to Castlerea Prison after prison authorities decided housing him within Mountjoy Prison’s general inmate population would pose a risk to his safety, the High Court has heard.

Lawyers for the prisons’ governors told Mr Justice Brian Cregan on Thursday that the transfer occurred in circumstances where, in light of Mr Burke’s conduct during an escort to a recent court hearing, he was no longer deemed eligible for “enhanced” privileges under the Irish Prison Service’s (IPS) “incentivised regimes” policy. This policy incentivises good behaviour among prisoners.