CHICAGO (CBS) — A day after learning former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was beaten in a federal prison in Connecticut, his wife demanded to know why he was transferred out of Illinois in the first place, and called on authorities to do a better job of protecting his safety as he serves a nearly 7-year sentence in the murder of Laquan McDonald.
“I cannot and will not stand by somebody hurting my husband,” Tiffany Van Dyke said Thursday morning, flanked by her husband’s attorneys. “We are done being hurt. I’m standing up for my husband right now because he can’t. He cannot stand up for himself and fight anymore.”
“At the end of the day, I want my husband home. I need him to be safe,” she added.
“The next time this could happen, they could kill him. I cannot bury my husband.”
Tiffany Van Dyke said she got a call Wednesday that her husband had been attacked at Danbury federal prison in Connecticut. Until then, she said she didn’t even know where her husband was serving his sentence, much less that he’d been transferred out of the Illinois prison system.
“I’m demanding reasons. I’m demanding answers as to why they took my husband from a state facility and put him in a federal facility,” she said. “If they assume and they claim that it’s for his safety, his safety has not been met. They have endangered him greatly.”
In a statement Thursday morning, Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lindsey Hess said Jason Van Dyke was transferred out of state custody “under the terms of the Federal Intergovernmental Agreement.
“For safety and security purposes, the Department does not discuss details of those transferred under this agreement. No further information is available at this time,” she added.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms that Van Dyke was beaten, saying “minor injuries occurred.” Van Dyke’s legal team said the former officer informed them of the attack on Tuesday, a week after he was transferred to Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, a low- to minimum-security facility. Van Dyke’s attorneys said they were not informed about the transfer until after it happened.
Take a look at the creeps running these correctional facilities.
Yeah,this was calculated. Who gave the order for his transfer??
ReplyDeleteYeah, the criminal justice system is really on the square, isn't it Kwame? I hope Mrs. VanDyke sues the living shit out of everyone involved in this transfer..
ReplyDeleteMost cpd were beaten up in high school . They used to take a beating.
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