Prisoner has his EAR cut off in Reservoir Dogs style attack as other inmates watch in high security UK jail

Shocking video footage has emerged showing a prisoner having his ear cut off in an attack in the style of ‘Reservoir Dogs’.

The mobile footage shows the prisoner being tortured with a knife, after which his ear is cut off.

The victim was held down during the attack by a much smaller man armed with a knife.

At one point, the attacker calls the victim a “little prick,” before punching him in the face and then repeatedly stabbing him in the back of the head with a knife.

In the final moments of the clip, the victim’s ear appears to have been cut off as he screams in pain.

His legs and feet can be seen writhing on the ground as the painful attack continues.

The incident, which took place a few weeks ago, was witnessed by a group of prisoners, one of whom filmed the incident with a mobile phone.

A source told MailOnline: ‘It reminded me a bit of Reservoir Dogs, except this was real life. This is what happens in prison.’

Shock director Quentin Tarantino’s debut film Reservoir Dogs was associated with a gruesome scene in which a gangster cuts off a police officer’s ear.

The source told MailOnline that the victim agreed to a ‘straightening iron’ [arranged fight] in the maximum security prison when the attack occurred.

The deafening scene was reminiscent of Reservoir Dogs, when Mr Blond (Michael Madsen) attacked a tied-up police officer

However, a known criminal is said to have offered money to attack the victim with a knife.

The victim was then lured to a remote part of the prison to fight, where he was attacked with the prison weapon.

Prison authorities confirmed the brutal knife attack took place last month, but refused to say where the incident took place.

Powerful criminals often pay money to gangs to carry out attacks on people who have angered them.

Pictured: In the footage, the man holds his victim down before slashing his head with the makeshift weapon

The so-called ‘hits’ mainly relate to conflicts within the drug trade, but can also relate to other issues.

In some cases, criminals specify how much money they want to offer and what injuries they want to inflict on the victim.

The most common punishment is that the victim is cut in the face. Sometimes, however, the agreement is that the victim becomes blind in one eye.

The attackers often use a shank, a homemade knife usually made of razor blades and plastic. The blades are melted into the plastic with a flame.

Other punishments include throwing substances such as acid or hot sugar water in the victim’s face. This is known as ‘swilling’.

Gang members are often responsible for the more serious violence, but sometimes drug addicts agree to do odd jobs.

Former Conservative Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland told MailOnline: ‘Access to knives and other items such as razors that can be made into weapons should be more tightly controlled in prisons.

‘I pushed for razors to be banned and was pleased that my successor Alex Chalk got this done. Prisoners should not have access to sharp objects of any kind.

“While I have done everything I can to increase funding for prisons, every step to increase security must be taken, which certainly includes banning items that can be turned into weapons. It’s happening with razor blades, and now it must happen in prison kitchens.”

This comes after about 1,700 prisoners were recently released early as part of a controversial government measure to tackle overcrowding.

People spray a man with sparkling wine after he left HMP Nottingham following the government’s controversial early release of prisoners

A person believed to be a prisoner hides his face as he leaves HMP Liverpool as 1,700 inmates are released early under a government programme to ease overcrowding

The government has indicated that convicts serving prison sentences of four years or more for serious violent crimes and sex offenders are excluded from the early release scheme.

There are reports that hundreds of prisoners who were released after serving only 40% of their sentences were not fitted with electronic tags.

The Ministry of Justice has refused to say how many of the people released without tags had a history of violence against women and girls. The Ministry of Justice said the government was taking security firm Serco to task.

Prisoners recently released early from Manchester’s notorious Strangeways prison recently told how drug gangs controlled the wings.

Burglar Karl Wilson, who left HMP Manchester as part of government efforts to reduce overcrowding, said drug addicts knew they would be stabbed if they couldn’t pay their drug debts.

He said staff refused to help prisoners who owed money to drug gangs.

In July, Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood spoke of a prison system on the verge of “collapse” and linked rising violence to overcrowding.

A prison service spokesman said: ‘We do not tolerate violence of any kind and any prisoner found guilty of misconduct will be punished.

“This matter has been passed on to the police and it is not appropriate to comment at this time.”