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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.