LOS ANGELES — Conrad Murray was pleading to be released from Los Angeles County jail, claiming that the toll it is taking on his body could mean he dies behind bars, TMZ reported Monday.
Michael Jackson’s former personal physician apparently wants to be sent to prison instead because he thinks he will get better care there.
The 59-year-old said he was being treated badly at the jail and only getting fresh air once a month, the report said.
As a result, he has suffered from constant headaches and other health complaints, TMZ reported.
Murray told his attorney Valerie Wass, “I may not make it out of here alive. This is a very dangerous place. I’m in here dying. The system is intent on killing me.”
He was jailed for four years in November 2011 after he was found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson at his Los Angeles home in 2009.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not comment.