(KRON) — A former Santa Clara County jail guard who was convicted for his role in facilitating a jailhouse beating was sentenced to 45 days in county jail on Tuesday, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Francisco Izayas Castillo, 42, of Morgan Hill, was the only sheriff’s office deputy on duty in the module where an inmate was beaten in his cell on September 21, 2022.
“Castillo knew the attack was imminent because the attackers had told him their intentions just 30 minutes earlier in a meeting at his desk,” the DA’s office wrote. “Castillo approved their actions, telling them to ‘handle it,’ and then worked with them to keep it quiet after the fact.”…