Two inmates plotted a jailhouse beating. A guard helped them 'handle it'
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A Santa Clara County correctional officer will spend more than a month behind bars after helping two inmates carry out a jailhouse attack against another inmate, then conspiring with them to cover it up, according to authorities.Francisco Izayas Castillo, 42, of Morgan Hill was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in jail after he was convicted of a misdemeanor in March for his role in the incident.Prosecutors said Castillo knew about and authorized the September 2022 attack by opening the victim’s cell, and then watched from afar as the beating took place.“Correctional officers are sworn to protect the public and the inmates,” Santa Clara County Dist.Atty.
Jeff Rosen said.“This officer betrayed the public, betrayed the inmates, and betrayed the badge.
My office will hold corrupt correctional officers to account for their behavior.” California A California prison guard smuggled 20 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to a stash house in Rowland Heights, prosecutors allege.Prosecutors said that on the day of the attack, two inmates approached Castillo and told him they intended to beat up another inmate.Castillo, they said, approved the attack and told the pair to “handle it.”Moments before the incident, one of the attackers took rubber gloves from Castillo’s desk and pointed in the direction of the victim’s cell.
Castillo then used the control panel to open the cell.One of the attackers then yanked the door open, after which he and another inmate punched and kicked the victim, according to prosecutors.Prosecutors said the victim pressed his cell’s emergency call button, which turned on a green light outside his door and sent a series of pings to notify the guard on duty in the living area.
They said Castillo silenced the notification and turned off the victim’s emergency light.After the attack, Castillo approached the victim, who asked for his help.Castillo, prosecu...