Video Shows Inmate Beaten With Microwave During NJ Jail Brawl

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A video has surfaced online showing a brutal beating of an inmate at the hands of fellow prisoners at the Essex County jail.

In the jail brawl video posted to Facebook, the targeted inmate is seen stomped on, beat in the face with a broom, microwave, trash can, water cooler, mop bucket — everything but the kitchen sink.

The two-minute clip, which was posted Sunday afternoon by a "Derrick L Transportation," has been shared more than 21,000 times and viewed more than 141,000 times in less than 24 hours.

The video shows Jayshawn Boyd, 22 lying unconscious on the floor in the jail's common area. Despite Boyd appearing lifeless, the brutal beating continued before the inmates involved walked away.

According to NJ Advance Media, seven inmates have since been charged in the Sept. 23 attack that critically injured Boyd and placed him in a coma at the time. His family has since filed a tort claim with a lawsuit against Essex County potentially forthcoming. Boyd's family accuses the Essex County Department of Corrections of negligence and improper training.

“They placed him in probably the most dangerous unit inside of Essex County jail, which was the gang unit," Brooke Barnett, the attorney representing Boyd's family, told the media outlet.

Essex County spokesman Anthony Puglisi has told NJ Advance Media that it is not commenting on issues currently under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.

A local union representing officers at the Essex County Department of Corrections has also not commented on the incident.

Boyd remains in a coma at University Hospital in Newark, where he's been for about two months, North Central Jersey reports.

The investigation into the case remains ongoing.