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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.
This cracks me up..if 3,000 cals/day has caused this man to loose over 100 pds, I wonder what kind of cal intake would be required to maintain his original 400 pd weight??? Does he REALLY think the jail should provide that much food?? That would cause others to gain ALOT of weight....Although, on a side note, I do think the jail should provide warm meals though......although if that was my dad he stabbed, he could eat dog food the rest of his life for all I'd care, lol
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He is utterly redicloious! Who in their right mind would WANT to weigh that much? Its one thing to let go or not care about your weight, but its a whole nother ball of wax when you strive to be that big.
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on a side note, I do think the jail should provide warm meals though......although if that was my dad he stabbed, he could eat dog food the rest of his life for all I'd care, lol
I so agree with this. LOL
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Although I truly would not want to be in jail at all. 
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