Francisco Izayas Castillo, a former Santa Clara County jail guard, was convicted for his role in a September 2022 attack at Elmwood Men’s Jail. Castillo approved the assault beforehand, provided rubber gloves to one attacker, and opened the victim’s cell while watching the beating occur. After the attack, he helped cover it up. Prosecutors said the attackers told him their intentions about 30 minutes earlier, and he instructed them to “handle it.” Another inmate stood guard outside the cell during the attack. A subsequent shift’s correctional officer discovered the victim’s injuries and initiated an investigation. Castillo was sentenced to 45 days in county jail and ordered to return to Superior Court on June 9 to begin serving the term.
"Prosecutors said Castillo, while working as a guard at the Elmwood Correctional Facility, approved the beating at the jail beforehand and even provided rubber gloves to one attacker. He then opened the victim's cell, watched as the beating took place, and then covered it up, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. On the next shift, another correctional officer discovered the inmate was injured and launched an investigation."
"On Sept. 21, 2022, an inmate was attacked in his cell by two other inmates who burst in as soon as his cell was opened by Castillo. A third inmate stood guard outside the cell during the attack. Prosecutors said Castillo knew the attack was imminent because the attackers had told him their intentions just 30 minutes earlier in a meeting at his desk. Castillo approved their actions, telling them to "handle it," and then worked with them to keep it quiet after the fact."
"Moments before the incident, one of the attackers took rubber gloves from the guard's desk and pointed in the direction of the victim's cell. Castillo then opened the cell using his control panel. The attacker yanked the door open, after which he and another inmate punched and kicked"
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