Family of man who starved to death in Indiana jail awarded $7.25m settlement

Agreement thought to be the largest in state's history involving an incarcerated person's death

The family of a man who died after starving in an Indiana jail while being held in solitary confinement for three weeks has secured a $7.25m settlement, thought to be the state's largest ever in connection with the death of an incarcerated person.

Joshua McLemore's estate reached the settlement with the government of the county where the jail is. Wrongful death lawsuits against the jail's physician and its medical services provider, Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc, are still pending.