Twenty days after Josh McLemore first arrived at Jackson County Jail in Seymour, Indiana, his malnourished and dehydrated body gave his last breath.
McLemore was originally taken to a hospital facility in the summer of 2021, where his family hoped he could receive treatment for a continuing episode of schizophrenia. But after an off-duty police detective witnessed him pulling a nurse’s hair during his crisis, McLemore landed in jail.
