Perry engaged in sexual conduct with an inmate Nov. 9, 2023, and Nov. 30, 2023, according to Perry’s indictment. The charges are federal because the facility houses federal inmates under a contract with a federal agency, according to Perry’s indictment. The inmate was a federal detainee, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. “Once we became aware that there was an allegation of this misconduct, our office started an investigation into these allegations. Shortly after the sheriff’s office started its investigation, the federal Inspector General’s Office decided to take the case federally, “so we handed the investigation off to them,” Greene said.