Enoch Burke has been placed on a protective landing in Castlerea Prison for his own safety.
The jailed teacher was moved to the prison last Sunday and is now sharing space with locked-up sex offenders on the B2 landing, reports The Mirror.
A source said Burke was transferred to the medium-security prison and is being kept separate from the general population as he would be seen as a potential target.
He had been released from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin on January 14 but was returned to custody after defying the judge’s orders by appearing outside Wilson Hospital School again, reports The Mirror.
A source said: “Burke was placed on the protective B2 landing of Castlerea Prison when he arrived on Sunday. It houses mostly inmates who are afraid of their own shadow as well as sex offenders,” reports The Mirror.
“It’s probably not a bad place for him to be as his outspoken personality would be likely to get him into trouble if he was in general population.
“Castlerea Prison is a totally different kettle of fish compared to the Progression Unit in Mountjoy. He could possibly be a target for inmates due to his notoriety and his confident bravado which wouldn’t go down well either,” reports The Mirror.
His brother, Isaac Burke, posted a video on social media outlining the move and claiming his sibling was assigned a job in the prison kitchen upon arrival.
He said in a video posted on X: “Teacher Enoch Burke thrown into prison van and moved suddenly to Castlerea Prison.
“On Sunday morning teacher Enoch Burke was told to gather his belongings and bring them to a prison van.
“He was then put into the van and brought on a two-and-a-half-hour journey to a new location, Castlerea Prison.
“At no point was he told where he was being brought, or for what reason,” reports The Mirror.
“Upon arrival in Castlerea Prison he was consigned to a filthy committal landing.
“Prison authorities told him he was being given a job ‘in the kitchen.’
“Enoch Burke has a job. He is a teacher of German and History at Wilson’s Hospital School.
“He was taken from that job in 2022 and thrown into a prison cell by corrupt judges after he refused to endorse transgender ideology. His incarceration is an abomination,” reports The Mirror.
Judge Cregan said members of the Burke family believed they were above the law and should be exempt because they were Christian evangelicals but insisted the rules apply to every citizen.
Mr Burke, a former teacher at Wilson’s Hospital School, maintains he is being persecuted for his religious opposition to a requirement to address a transgender pupil by their preferred pronouns, reports The Mirror.
A spokesman for the Irish Prison Service said they do not comment on individual prisoners, reports The Mirror.
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