YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - A former deputy for the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office who worked in the county jail as a corrections officer was sentenced Thursday for sexually abusing an inmate.

U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent sentenced Damon K. Perry, 53, to 112 months (about 9.3 years) in prison.

Perry pleaded guilty in May to two counts of sexual abuse of a detainee and two counts of sexual abuse.

The indictment in the case said Perry is accused of improper conduct with the inmate, who was being housed in the Mahoning County Jail for the U.S. Marshals, on Nov. 9 and Nov. 30, 2023.

The jail has a contract to house federal inmates.

Prosecutors said the sexual acts were committed without the victim's consent.

At the time Perry was indicted on Dec. 5, Sheriff Jerry Greene said inve

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