Correction officers kick prisoner after he took a swing at the deputy

Shocking surveillance footage shows a prisoner being kicked by guards and sprayed in the face with a chemical agent after he punches one of them.



Shelby County officials released the footage showing the fight between an inmate and several deputies inside the Shelby County Jail in Tennessee.



The video shows the inmate and a guard exchanging words before the prisoner punches him in the face.



The inmate runs to another part of the prison and tries to fight off the group of deputies but is quickly overpowered.



He is sprayed with a substance and clutches his face in pain while some deputies deliver kicks near his head.



Officials later said he was a 'high-risk, violent convicted Tennessee Department of Corrections inmate'.