A former Santa Clara County jail guard was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in jail after he was convicted of a misdemeanor for helping two incarcerated people attack another jailed man.
Prosecutors said Francisco Izayas Castillo “approved the beating” of an incarcerated man at Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas by two other incarcerated men in 2022, providing them rubber gloves, opening the victim’s cell and watching the attack take place.
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Castillo, 42, tried to cover up the incident, authorities said, until another correctional officer on a following shift noticed suspicious injuries on the victim and began an investigation.
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