Louisa Young is still waiting to hear from the Indiana Department of Correction concerning her son’s death. Damarcus Thomas turned 25 on his deathbed, so to speak.

A mother is grieving here after her son died at Pendleton Correctional Facility without explanation. Damarcus Thomas, who would have been 25 Oct. 19, was sent to St. James Ascension Hospital Sept. 28 and put on a ventilator.