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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.
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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.