McLemore, who was arrested after allegedly pulling the hair of an emergency room nurse, died as a result of “multiple organ failure due to refusal to eat or drink with altered mental status due to untreated schizophrenia,” per the coroner’s report. The lawsuit alleges a violation of the Indiana man’s 14th Amendment rights.
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Estate of Inmate Sues After Undiagnosed Schizophrenia Led to Fatal Malnutrition
The estate of Joshua McLemore, of Indiana, is suing Jackson County after McLemore suffered organ failure while serving time in the county jail’s isolation cell. So reports CNN.
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