A Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office deputy corrections officer has been arrested after an inmate lodged an excessive force complaint back on March 12.

According to the sheriff's office, who arrested him, Jeremy Lance Morrow, 45 of Alexandria, was arrested on a single count each of second degree battery and malfeasance in office.

The sheriff's office internal affairs division began its investigation and through that found evidence that supported the inmate's allegations.

Morrow was booked into the parish jail on Wednesday and released on a $2,500 bond that same day.

News Channel 5 spoke with Sheriff William Earl Hilton by phone on Thursday morning about what led to the arrest and the zero tolerance policy he said his office has when it comes to excessive force.

"The inmate filed a complaint with jail staff up there against Morrow for over abuse," said Sheriff Hilton. "We went back and viewed the video. The story was, they were shaking down a cell block and they brought three inmates out of the cell and they had them handcuffed, hands behind their back. One of the inmates wouldn't comply with Morrow. Morrow was trying to make them stand facing the wall for officer protection. This inmate wouldn't comply. Morrow took him down on the floor and busted his mouth and chipped a tooth."

The sheriff also said, as difficult as it is to work in a jail, he will "hold his people accountable."