CLEVELAND, Ohio — Former Cuyahoga County Jail Director Ken Mills, who was indicted last week on corruption-related charges, received a $16,700 payout after he resigned in November, the county reported Friday.

Mills was entitled to the payout under county policy for unused vacation that he accrued during his employment, spokeswoman Mary Louise Madigan said.

Mills, who made $124,000 a year, had about 280 unused vacation hours when he resigned Nov. 14. At an hourly rate of $59.69, his payout from the county for those unused hours equated to $16,709.62, Madigan said.

Because he resigned, Mills was not allowed to cash out any unused sick time he accrued, Madigan said.

Mills was indicted Jan. 19 on felony charges of tampering with records and telecommunications fraud, as well as four misdemeanor counts of falsification and two misdemeanor counts of obstructing official business.

The indictment accuses him of lying to Cuyahoga County Council at a May 22 committee hearing about his “role in blocking the hiring of necessary nursing staff for jail facilities.”

He also lied to corruption investigators about his interactions with “a high-level Cuyahoga County official,” according to the indictment. Prosecutors have declined to name the high-level official.

Mills spent a little over three years as jail director.

Seven inmates died under Mills’ watch in 2018.

Mills resigned in November, one week ahead of the public release of a report by the U.S. Marshals Service that cited “inhumane” conditions at the jail and “unconstitutional” treatment of inmates.

When Mills left, County Executive Armond Budish issued a statement that said “We appreciate Mr. Mills’ service to the county, especially his innovative initiatives to provide workforce training for inmates.”

An eighth inmate died in December after Mills left.

Former County Executive Ed Fitzgerald hired Mills in 2014 as director of public safety to oversee the county’s emergency management and administration of its law enforcement database. After Budish took office, he gave Mills the director of regional corrections job despite the fact that Mills had no prior experience running or working in jails.