The eighth man to be charged in connection with sex crimes at the now shuttered women's prison known as FCI Dublin, and the one charged with the most counts, had his first day of trial Monday at a courthouse in Oakland.

Former correctional officer Darrel "Dirty Dick" Smith — so nicknamed, apparently, because of his reputation with inmates — began his trial Monday, as KTVU reports, and a former inmate named Shayla testified that he ordered her to get naked and lie on her bed so he could look at her.

She also testified that during her incarceration between 2017 and 2022, Smith told her that he liked small breasts, and would ask if he could see her feet. And, she said, on one occasion, Smith came up to her and whispered that he wanted to "lick me from my belly button to my butt-hole."

Smith is charged with 15 counts including abusive sexual contact, sexual abuse of a ward, aggravated sexual abuse, and deprivation of rights under color of law. He is just the third former prison guard or officer to face a jury trial, as five of the seven other men who faced federal charged pleaded guilty.

Former FCI Dublin Warden Ray Garcia went to trial in late 2022 and was found guilty of seven counts of sexually abusive conduct and one count of making false statements to government agents. He is now serving a 70-month sentence, and Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco said at the time of his sentencing that it was "another step forward in our ongoing efforts to root out sexual misconduct within the [Bureau of Prisons]."

Witnesses in the trial of Smith, who is the final FCI Dublin figure to face trial, are expected to testify to a range of lewd, lascivious, and abusive behavior. The former inmate Shayla already testified, as KTVU reports, that he was openly referred to as "Dirty Dick" because he was known act this way with many of the incarcerated women.

"Some of those women are expected to testify that Smith asked them to flash him their private parts, pinned them against the wall, fingered their buttocks and vaginas, watched them shower, bribed them with cellphones in exchange for sex, served as lookouts for him when he had sex with others, and entered their cells while they were naked and showering," KTVU reports.

The jury will have to decide on the credibility of the women who testify, with the defense already saying in its opening statement that there is no video or physical evidence of these crimes, and it is just their words — the words of convicted felons — against Smith's.

Of course the context of the larger culture at FCI Dublin is likely known to the jurors, if not the seven previous convictions, including five guilty pleas, by other officers.

The prison was closed last April shortly after an FBI raid, and it was announced in December that it would remain closed permanently, due to various issues including the costs of necessary repairs to the complex.

It was rumored last month that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was having a look at the facility, perhaps as a possible detention facility for arrested migrants, but that has not been confirmed.

The Trump administration has since laid out plans to use military bases for this purchase, something that some Democratic lawmakers are pushing back on this week.