Ex-guard at California women’s prison sentenced to 224 years for sexual abuse

Gregory Rodriguez was found to have targeted incarcerated women for nearly a decade before he retired in 2022. Photograph: Courtesy of Madera county district attorney's office

A former California correctional officer convicted of dozens of sexual abuse charges at a women’s prison was sentenced to 224 years in prison on Thursday.

Gregory Rodriguez, 57, worked as a guard at the Central California women’s facility (CCWF), the state’s largest women’s prison, and was found guilty in January of more than 60 charges of abusing nine women in his custody, including rape and battery.