By far the most known kind of abuse in prisons is physical abuse; it is often brutal and terrifying. Prison guards often perform it and the reasons for the abuse can vary. This kind of abuse has killed prisoners or left permanent scars. Some may argue that this kind of behavior is necessary to keep the prisoner from harming the prison guards but if they just where to show some respect and cooperate with the inmates instead of using intimidation techniques there would be a lot less violence. Down below is a graphic video of a prisoner being beaten by a prison guard.
Prison guards sometimes beat inmates to death when they don’t listen or disobey their orders. In this next video we see Markeith Council a Northern Carolina prison guard, slamming a prisoner on the ground repeatedly till the inmate become unconscious and dies. Despite killing the prisoner he only receives 3 months of jail time and 3 years probation.