Broderick Lloyd Laswell, who is awaiting trial for murder, dropped almost 100 lbs. after eight months inside the Arkansas prison.

He claims his vision has gone blurry while trying to exercise.

Laswell has filed a federal law suit complaining Benton County jail does not provide inmates with enough food.  The prison says the meals average 3,000 calories a day - more than the US recommended daily intake for adults.  According to the suit, Laswell weighed more than 400 lbs. when he was jailed in September. Police say he has been charged with fatally beating and stabbing a man, the Associated Press news agency reported. The suit also asks that the county be ordered to serve hot meals instead of cold food.

"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," he wrote in his complaint. "About an hour after each meal my stomach starts to hurt and growl. I feel hungry again."

I’ll bet.  It must be hard to work out when you are overweight.  Wonder whose fault that is?

I know – it’s the prison system’s fault!  It’s the cops' fault!  It’s everyone else’s fault! And thanks to the lawyers, we should sue, sue, sue so the attorneys can take more money out of the pockets of the people!  I would love to know the name of the lawyer who jumped on this one to make a buck and get some media coverage.  Here is one attorney truly dedicated to the principal of "its not what is right, its what is legal."

The overweight prisoner complains about the lack of physical exercise: "The only reason we lost weight in here is because we are literally being starved to death."

Hmmm.  Maybe we should go "Midnight Express" on this guy and see what he thinks about a real lack of care.  Or maybe they should let him stay fat, feed him full of the lousy stuff he had been eating and let him lie around in sloth all the time so he can suffer from obesity.  Oh wait: then we will have to pay for his hospitalization which will include making him lose weight.   

Blurry vision while trying to exercise? I wonder if the tears cried by the family of his victim blurred their vision too. 

At least it sounds like the prison system is seeing clearly.