A schizophrenic inmate who was brutally beaten by a prison gang as he awaited trial on charges of criminal mischief and unlawful possession of a knife has been left with severe brain injury.
Jayshawn Boyd, 22, was standing in a common area of the Essex County Correctional Facility in New Jersey on September 23 when a group of seven inmates in white started beating him - eventually hitting him with an industrial broom and even a microwave as he laid on the ground unconscious.
The men have since been charged with attempted murder, as Boyd remained in a coma at the hospital for nearly three months before he woke up earlier this month.
Boyd is now recovering at a rehabilitation center, his mother, Nacolia Boyd, told The , but he still has severe brain injury that left him unable to walk or eat solid food on his own.
He is also having trouble forming words, his father, Shawn Bouknight, said, and his short-term memory has been shot.
Jayshawn Boyd, 22, woke up from a coma nearly three months after he was brutally beaten by seven inmates in the 'gang unit' in the Essex County Correctional Facility. He is pictured with his mother, Nacolia Boyd
Boyd was taken into custody at the jail on September 9 for two domestic altercations involving his mother and his brother and was awaiting trial on criminal mischief and unlawful possession of a knife charges when he was beaten on September 23
Now, Boyd has no memory of the brutal attack, and his mother waited until he regained some strength to tell him about the beating by fellow detainees as guards failed to act for at least two minutes and 11 seconds, according to footage posted to social media last month.
The family is now planning to file a lawsuit against the New Jersey prison, as advocates call for change inside the facility.
'There's got to be accountability,' said Brooke M. Barnett, a lawyer for the Boyd family. 'Something's not right over there.'
DailyMail.com has reached out to Nacolia, Barnett and Essex County officials for comment.
Video of Boyd's brutal beating, posted to Facebook by 'Derrick L. Transportation,' shows the 22-year-old standing in a common area of the Essex County Correctional Facility when a group of seven inmates start beating him.
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Surveillance footage posted to social media shows the suspects beating Boyd, in orange
They punched him and kicked him, with one man grabbing an industrial broom to hit him with
