A group of correctional officers in Florida allegedly beat up an inmate so badly that he was "unrecognizable" to his own mother, leading to criminal charges.

"It was complete horror," recounted Mary Pratt, mom of inmate Christopher Castro, about the first time she saw a photo of the 30-year-old after his alleged beating at Dade Correctional Institution in West Miami-Dade on April 6, according to local ABC affiliate WPLG .

"His head was sunken in," she told the outlet this week. "That was not my son, what I [saw] in that picture."

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Seven officers with the Florida Department of Corrections have been arrested on battery and evidence tampering charges,

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