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A lawsuit claims that a mentally ill man did not receive proper care while he was in custody. The man died after he was locked away for 20 days in isolation at a southern Indiana jail.

A man with a history of mental illness died after 20 days locked away, naked, in a windowless, isolation cell at a southern Indiana jail, where he lost nearly 45 pounds and didn't receive necessary care, a federal lawsuit alleges.

Joshua McLemore died of multiple organ failure after he was kept isolated in a padded cell at Jackson County Jail in Southern Indiana for 20 days.

For nearly three weeks, Joshua McLemore lived in solitary confinement at the Jackson County Jail.

Joshua McLemore, a man with schizophrenia, died in Jackson County, Indiana after being left naked and alone in a prison cell for 20 days, a lawsuit alleges.

An Indiana man diagnosed with schizophrenia died of organ failure — the result of dehydration and malnutrition — following nearly three weeks in solitary confinement.

BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (AP) — A man with a history of mental illness died after 20 days locked away, naked, in a windowless, isolation cell at a southern Indiana jail, where he lost nearly 45 pounds (20.4 kilograms) and didn't receive necessary care, a federal lawsuit alleges.

The lawsuit says jailers placed Joshua McLemore, 29, in a windowless, padded isolation cell, where he remained "confined, naked and alone for 20 days.

A federal lawsuit alleges that a man with a history of mental illness died after 20 days locked away, naked, in a windowless isolation cell at a southern Indiana jail, where he lost nearly 45 pounds

Joshua McLemore died of multiple organ failure after he was kept isolated in a padded cell at Jackson County Jail in Southern Indiana for 20 days.