Posted on 04/27/2008 4:38:21 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.
Broderick Lloyd Laswell says he isn't happy that he's down to 308 pounds after eight months in the Benton County jail. He has filed a federal lawsuit complaining the jail doesn't provide inmates with enough food.
According to the suit, Laswell weighed 413 pounds when he was jailed in September. Police say he and a co-defendant fatally beat and stabbed a man, then set his home on fire.
"On several occasions I have started to do some exercising and my vision went blurry and I felt like I was going to pass out," Laswell wrote in his complaint. "About an hour after each meal my stomach starts to hurt and growl. I feel hungry again."
But Laswell then goes on to complain that he undertakes little vigorous activity.
"If we are in a small pod all day (and) do next to nothing for physical exercise, we should not lose weight," the suit says. "The only reason we lost weight in here is because we are literally being starved to death."
The suit also asks that the county be ordered to serve hot meals. The jail has served only cold food for years.
The meals, provided through Aramark Correctional Institution Services, average 3,000 calories a day, jail Capt. Hunter Petray told The Morning News of northwest Arkansas for a story Saturday.
A typical Western diet consists of 2,000 to 3,000 calories a day.
Laswell's suit was filed without a lawyer in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.
best thing that ever happened to him!
Lose weight like that? Maybe I should put myself in jail /s
rofl
How do you think he managed to stop at 308#s?
Aramark made my college’s food, too. I was amaxed to hear that usually the “Freshman Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds GAINED the first year.
“complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.”
A number of inmates pay big money to achieve that kind of weight loss. Broderick Lloyd Laswell got a bargain.
He’s not at Burger King; he can’t have it his way.
I hear they're only allowed 2 rolls of toilet paper per month.
Unfortunately, I can imagine many that would come to his defense. It could be a good watershed test question: Yes, I believe he has a case/is entitled/is malnourished/is a victim/ cannot get a break/the man is keeping him down...
Step into extermination chamber.
Good grief, he probably could miss a few meals too!
How do satirists manage to make a living when reality is more ridiculous than anything they can make up?
Authorities say the suspects burned Walker's home near Garfield after the slaying. Autopsy results showed Walker died of blunt force trauma to the head and torso, and stab wounds to the chest and neck.
Officials say Lacy confessed and that the culprits had sought to steal guns from Walker.
Keep him in jail longer and he’ll lose more weight. This is a good thing. I suspect he uses his weight to intimidate the other prisoners, and that every commode he comes in contact with needs replacing.
Just feed him limited quantities of arugula and granola — he’ll lose weight and all the leftists should applaud his wonderful diet, Obama most of all.
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