Monday, April 28, 2008

Hungry?

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.

3 comments:

Galla Creek said...

I would like to lose a little weight not not that way.

Cheryl said...

He is probably in better health now than when he went into jail the man they killed didn't get a choice to live or die.

Betty said...

I feel faint, and my eyes get blurry when I think of exercising, too. So, I don't.