A former Santa Clara County jail guard will return to jail next month – as an inmate – for helping a pair of inmates attack another inmate at the county’s Elmwood Men’s Jail four years ago and then covering it up.
Francisco Izayas Castillo, 42, of Morgan Hill, was convicted of a misdemeanor in March for his role in a jailhouse attack in September 2022. He was sentenced today to 45 days in county jail and was ordered to return to Superior Court on June 9 to begin serving his sentence.
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…