Three former correctional officers are facing federal charges in the filmed beating of a handcuffed inmate in a Kentucky jail that authorities say they then tried to cover up. David Schwartz, 48, Donna Gentry, 55, and Devan Edwards, 21, were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Louisville for the April 2018 beating of 19-year-old Terry Whitehead. Body camera footage taken inside the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections captured one of the officers punching Whitehead in the head as he sat in a cell with his hands handcuffed behind his back.

Three former correctional officers have been charged in the 2018 beating of Terry Whitehead while he was in the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections.

Whitehead’s attorney Sam Aguiar told HuffPost on Thursday that the officers’ actions were “corrupt, cowardly and criminal.” “Terry and his mother are pleased to see progress like this. We hope that these indictments send a message that this type of culture and behavior amongst officers will result in significant consequences,” he said. “Hopefully, with the [Department of Justice] showing that officers will truly be held accountable for covering up this type of cowardly violence, it will deter similar conduct going on here and across the country.” Whitehead filed a lawsuit against all three former officers last year. That lawsuit accused two of the officers of taking turns beating him after he was pepper-sprayed. Whitehead lost consciousness from his injuries and was treated at a hospital for contusions and swelling, Louisville station WHAS 11 previously reported.

Bodycam footage captured an officer punching Terry Whitehead, then 19, while he was sitting in handcuffs.