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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco

Sickening video shows man with schizophrenia left naked in jail cell for weeks before he starved to death

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Disturbing jail footage shows the rapid decline of a man who was left naked in a cell for 20 days before he apparently starved to death.

Joshua McLemore, 29, died on 10 August 2021 after spending three weeks at the Jackson County Jail in Seymour, Indiana. McLemore, who had a history of schizophrenia, was kept in a windowless isolation cell — which was permanently illuminated by fluorescent lights — while he was in a constant state of psychosis, according to a lawsuit filed by his family.

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