Fat prisoner sues over lack of food

[Sirius]

I bet the fat bastard wins:

300-pound inmate complains Ark. jail doesn't feed him well
9 hours ago

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.

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Seriously....you have got to be kidding me.

 

[N1ghtmare]

Why is he not happy? Doesn't matter anyway, hes going to be in jail for w while for murder.

 

[das_ben]

While the calorie count seems fine, I can understand not being content with only being served cold meals.

 

[Unreality]

fat bastard should be happy he might actually look attractive when he gets out

 

[-Jes-]

Gut the f/#ker.

 

[Kantham]

lol. He lost 100 pound. Is he dead? No. Should he be happy? Yes - Not for being a murder.
413 pounds, get on that wheel and start running.

 

[Zarniwoop]

He's in prison, what exactly was he expecting, gourmet?

 

[Rambowjo]

He's in prison, what exactly was he expecting, gourmet?

No, but certainly not **** either.

 

[Capt.Toilet]

If he lost 100 pounds in 8 months he should be grateful. Stupid hick. My fathers wife works in a jail as a cook and she has stated numerous times that inmates eat better than most of us. Hell she gives me some of the food for free and let me tell you its pretty decent. Chicken, pizza, burritos, chickn nuggets, you name it. Also they probably do give him enough food, but because of his fatness, he needs twice the normal amount. And really why are we allowing him to sue, he is in prison, you broke the law you shouldnt get any rights you tub of goo

 

[Continuum]

Thats what happens when you let em live

 

[Jacks:Revenge]

Cry me a river.

That's what you get for murdering someone, prison sucks, get used to it.

 

[dragonfliet]

Awwwww. He's forced to eat a regular diet instead of whatever the hell he was eating that got him more than 400 lbs. Hard life there.

~Jason

 

[16MentalTempest]

Well crap, if they served food like this in high school, the one thousand kids at my school would be a lot happier.

 

[das_ben]

And really why are we allowing him to sue, he is in prison, you broke the law you shouldnt get any rights you tub of goo.

This statement (and some others in this thread) hurts on so many levels. Do you seriously believe that?

 

[daloonie]

Only in America. Fat imbecile!

 

[Rambowjo]

This statement (and some others in this thread) hurts on so many levels. Do you seriously believe that?

Yeah, the law is even for everyone. To an extent.

 

[Zarkazm]

My fathers wife works in a jail as a cook and she has stated numerous times that inmates eat better than most of us. Hell she gives me some of the food for free and let me tell you its pretty decent. Chicken, pizza, burritos, chickn nuggets, you name it.

The suit also asks that the county be ordered to serve hot meals. The jail has served only cold food for years.

Anecdotal evidence for the phail.

And really why are we allowing him to sue, he is in prison, you broke the law you shouldnt get any rights you tub of goo

He hasn't be found guilty yet. Not that it matters I suppose, people are never wrongly accused or jailed, right?
Also, eight months awaiting trial? That's pretty bad.

 

[das_ben]

<3. Let's make hot liberal sex.

 

[Sirius]

This statement (and some others in this thread) hurts on so many levels. Do you seriously believe that?

Why does it hurt? He's in jail for murder. You believe that people that take the lives of others should keep all of their rights? Especially the right to sue?

Prison is not a resort. You are their for a purpose and it's not to eat eight square meals a day so you can keep up your 400+ pounds. If this guy's looking for sympathy he can find it between sh*t and syphilis in the dictionary.

 

[ambershee]

The fact that he's been jailed for eight months without being proven guilty is pretty bad. I'd worry about that more than whether he's happy with the meals. Is this a pretty standard thing? I know people can be jailed in the UK to prevent them doing a runner, but I wasn't under the impression it could be anywhere near that long.