JACKSON CO. The Lawsuit filed after the death of Jackson County inmate Josh McLemorehas reached a settlement agreement Inmate Jos McClemore, 29 suffering from an acute mental health crisis and died in August 2021 after spending 20 days in solitary confinement at the Jackson County Jail. Josh M .
A reader has shared this account of his experience in prison with the WSWS. It is a harrowing account which exposes the brutality of life behind bars in the United States and the depravity of society under capitalism.
Policymakers and activists are questioning if jails and prisons are equipped to adequately care for those with mental illness, especially for Black Americans, who are 2.9 times as likely as white people to be killed by police.