Marcel O'Brien

"I'd rather be an asshole than useless."

- Marcel

Marcel O'Brien is the chief correctional officer at San Hill who serves as the warden's right hand man and one of the primary antagonists.

Appearance
Marcel is of average height and has a stocky build. He has dark brown hair, and a thin goatee beard. After the attack that landed Sanders in solitary, Marcel has a scar over his right eye that matches the one Jason Zharkov has.

Personality
Marcel is sadistic and cruel, taking great delight in physically punishing prisoners who wrong him, or are suspected of wronging him. He is very formal and will greet his superiors with a salute. Beyond his prison persona, Marcel has been shown to struggle with memories and flashbacks of a violent incident in the showers, which is further amplified after the greenhouse incident. He has been attending therapy outside of work.

Season One
Although little is known about his origins, Marcel speaks with a French accent implying that he is not natively from America. He has been involved in every major incident, and is responsible for shaving Jason Zharkov on his first day arriving at San Hill. He was also involved in the shiv incident where Sanders was accused of planting a shiv in another inmate's cell. He beat both Sanders and Jason, which drove them to exact revenge upon him by cornering him in the rec room where Sanders cut his face as revenge.

Most of Marcel's activity involves brutally punishing inmates for various infractions. He prevented Grey McCorduck from gaining access to the greenhouse tools, and later beat Maxie Tanaka for insubordination.

Season Two
Marcel is the first of the prison staff to meet Soren White, and is tasked with showing him around and introducing him to the facility. He expresses concern regarding the change in management and how it will affect his intimidation techniques.

Romantic

 * Unnamed girlfriend

Allies

 * Soren White
 * Sol
 * William McCaffrey
 * Lincoln Morley

Enemies

 * Sanders
 * Syrus Norwood

Trivia

 * Speaks with a French accent.