He could not fit on the chair in his Montreal prison cell and his body protruded six inches on either side of his bed, press reports said.
Officials ruled that Lapointe's prison conditions were "difficult" because of his health.
The Journal de Montreal newspaper quoted a letter from the authorities to Mr Lapointe saying: "You have been detained for more than 25 months and your prison conditions are difficult because of your health."
They also cited the refusal of two other facilities to accept the 37-year-old, who was handed a five-year sentence in May this year.
Mr Lapointe was freed late on Tuesday.
"I'm going to have a proper bed and finally have a chair I can sit in," he told the paper outside the prison.
"I want a normal life. I've done some stupid things and I've paid for them," he added.
In its justification for the early release, the Quebec Parole Board also cited Mr Lapointe's good behaviour, his non-violent crime and the support of his wife and mother.
-
- groups:
- News and Politics, WTF, Health
-
-
- BuddyP
- added this
-
My goodness!
-
Since Paris Hilton got released from jail early for mental heath reasons, I guess its only fair that this guy goes free for his condition. If its not Paris fault for being stupid, then its not this guys fault for being fat.
-
So, lets see how this works.
There are no prisons left in Canada with workshops?
OK then. Because there are no prison workshops nobody on site could custom-build a table, chair and bed for Mr Lapointe. Damn shame.
Being, I guess, a poor country, Canada has no furniture workshops anywhere?
OK then. Therefore nobody could custom-build a table, chair and bed for Mr Lapointe anywhere in Canada..
And even if there was a supersized table\chair\bed available stateside there's the huge cost to take into account.
So they released a gang member with time unserved on drug charges...and for no other reason.
Right.
-
-
- AveryMoore
- 1 year ago
-
-
Wow! Go fatties! I guess this is one instance of positive discrimination for fat people.
-
Thanks for the shot of asscrack. Doesn't go well with my morning coffee.
-
-
- isnamthere
- 1 year ago
-
-
In jail in Canada and your attorney cannot get you out... just get fat.
-
this mexican is very fat .
-
-
- Tayllerand
- 1 year ago
-
-
I wonder how this mexican can live in a igloo.
-
-
- Tayllerand
- 1 year ago
-
-
Quick!
Everyone to the buffet!
Lets do all our drug deals there-
-
- deeblackangel
- 1 year ago
-
-
Way to encourage obesity Canada! Now Canadians can commit crimes without the fear of being put in jail, and all they have to do is eat hundreds of fast food combos. The criminals will have to reduce the amount of crack they smoke in order to increase the amount of crack they show.
-
-
- KOVAKABANA
- 1 year ago
-
-
This one is certainly arguable, but I think that they did well in releasing him.
-
This is very strange indeed.
But I also don't think that drug charges should get you put in jail so this seems fine to me.
-
this guy is connected with drugs yet his treated like some hero almost.where's the justice in that?
-
I wonder if they tried to get him to lose weight while he was in jail? It does say that his weight was not the only factor in releasing him, so it's not like he got a total get-out-of-jail-free card
-
Fuck Canada
-
-
- Sublime_Emperor
- 1 year ago
-
-
and you think being obese is a really bad problem. look what it got for him :D
-
I'm suprised there's anyone in US jails if they let obese people out.
-
-
- MiguelSanchez
- 1 year ago
-
-
Criminals you heard it, go to Canada and gain 300 lbs. I do wonder, with nazbags, if they attempted to help him lose weight. I also, agree with isnamthere, did they have to show me the crack?
-
A non-violent criminal shouldn't be in jail in the first place, and no one should be incarcerated for choosing to put a chemical in their body. Those who disagree should put down their coffee and cigarettes and beer and big macs and shut the hell up, hypocrites.
-
-
- netstorm2k8
- 1 year ago
-






