Only in America?!?!
28, April , 2008 by Karin
300-pound inmate complains Ark. jail doesn’t feed him well
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.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080427/ap_on_fe_st/odd_jail_diet
You have got to be kidding. Doesn’t he have enough brains to understand that his weight could kill him!!! In my opinion the jail is doing him a favor. Most people don’t even eat 3,000 calories a day; in fact, most doctors say that a 2,000 calorie diet is the healthiest a person can have. Again, we have a case of someone trying to get something for nothing. He killed someone, and now he wants to be rewarded for losing weight in jail. GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!
Give him all the bread and water he can stand to digest
Feed ‘em bread and water I say! Our local maximum security prison has a Kentucky fried chicken night one week, McDonald’s the next…etc. The guards say that the inmates would riot if they didn’t get it. Bunch of pandered pussies.
Oh, Karin, about your title… I guess the pandering of pussies has rubbed off on Canada!
Hmmm–I think we should give him about 25K calories a day, feed him lots of saturated fats and salt, tons of sugars, no fibre and few vitamins–save the county the cost of a trial.
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Totally bad…but I agree!
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Such language…dont think I have ever heard you cuss before
AW poor baby. Enter liberals to his cause.
Karin, I guess I’ve been visiting the Caveman’s blog a little too much. He’s such a bad influence! LOL!
he can stand to lose another 150 pounds easily. being overweight is not good for ones health. i think he needs to stop whining and live with it.
Post again please!!! We miss you!
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Thank you my dear…your making me blush
I promise to post soon….before the week is out…
I am in the mood for a contest so keep your eyes peeled…