MIAMI, Fl. – Following a 14-day trial, 30-year-old Terrance Reynolds was convicted for conspiring to assault youthful offender inmates.

The press release states that Reynolds and former sergeant, 30-year-old Brendan Butler, instructed three inmates to go inside of a mop closet where Reynolds and Butler assaulted one inmate with a broomstick.

“Corrections officers who use unjustified force against inmates in their custody violate the Constitution,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The Justice Department is committed to vigorously investigating and prosecuting officers who break the public trust in this way.”

“Former corrections officer Terrance Reynolds was found guilty of conspiring to assault youthful offender inmates. Such conduct violates the public’s trust in our institutions and officials,” said George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Miami. “I commend the professionalism and hard work of the Florida Department of Corrections Office of the Inspector General and the FBI’s Miami Area Corruption Task Force with this investigation.”

Reynolds is facing a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.