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Recently obtained footage from a surveillance camera inside Cook County Jail shows a burly guard repeatedly punching and kicking a prisoner in the head, even after the prisoner is knocked to the ground and curls up on the floor.

But nearly three years after the incident, the officer, Branden Norise, is still on the job, with a taxpayer-funded salary of $57,000 a year.

And he was never charged with a crime even though his boss, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, referred the case to Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and his office said a crime was likely committed by Norise.