Lawsuit: Man died after 20 days in isolation at Indiana jail

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 was filed Wednesday by the estate of Joshua McLemore, who died in August 2021 of multiple organ failure after being incarcerated at the Jackson County Jail in Brownstown, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Indianapolis.In July 2021, the 29-year-old Seymour, Indiana, man was taken to a hospital after a building maintenance worker found McLemore at his apartment, lying on the floor, naked and confused. Police arrested him at the hospital for pulling a nurse’s hair while in a state of psychosis, and he was charged with battery, according to court records. McLemore was placed in the jail’s isolation cell, where four guards pinned him against a wall and forced him to his knees, with his face wedged into the...