MILFORD - The new chief of the state prison system said yesterday he has launched a probe into how the Department of Correction handled allegations that a convicted killer assaulted two prison guards. Commissioner Harold Clarke said he wants to know why it took more than a year to file the assault charges against Daniel Tavares. The alleged assaults were in late 2005 and early 2006, but charges weren’t brought until the days before he was released from prison in July after serving 16 years for killing his mother. Authorities tried to have Tavares held on bail on the charges, but a judge freed Tavares on personal recognizance and he fled to Washington state. He now is charged with killing a newlywed couple in rural Graham, Wash., where he fled to live with his girlfriend.
“We’re going to be taking a look at the length it took to file the charges,” Clarke said. “We’re going to be taking a look at roles that individuals played in this process; taking a look at whether or not there’s anything that we failed to do or we need to improve upon.” Clarke, who resigned last month as head of prisons in Washington state, said he ordered the review last week, his first on the job. He had a tumultuous 2-year tenure in Washington. Last year, three law enforcement officers were killed by recently released prison inmates who were still under the supervision of state prison officials.
I read in Bernie Kerik's autobiography that when he took over the NYC Corrections operation, inmates were not charged criminally for crimes inside, particularly assaults on the CO's. He wrote that the inmates were given administrative punishments. Kerik stated he changed that pronto.
I am not nor have I ever been a CO, so I speak from an outsiders position, but it seems to me if a con commits a crime inside, he should be charged. I would think this would be more so with serious crimes, and certainly crimes against CO's.
So, bearing in mind my lack of first hand experience inside, my question to our corrections friends is this: Why aren't these guys charged right away for crimes against CO's?
Posted by: Otto
It could have been a screw up, It could have been bureaucratic incompetence. Or they may have delayed charging him to prevent a liberal judge from giving him concurrent time upon conviction.
Posted by: COIII
Plain and simple. The previous administration of the DOC didn't care about the officers. If the inmates were happy then the administration was happy. Hopefully those days are over.
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