My son just told me that when he went to the Medical center on 6/30 as the guards were going thru his property, they found his prescription eyeglasses .. He was asked why he was not wearing them and he explained he had some contacts in. So the guard THREW THEM IN THE GARBAGE!! Brand new glasses! I had just got them for him because I could not get him anymore contacts without an appointment for an exam!!! THEN the guard proceeded to toss a pair of shoes in the garbage.. ON TOP OF THE GLASSES!! now the guard has come to the box of contacts and since they are 2 different perscriptions (one strength for each eye) and the boxes were OPEN he says they were contraband and threw them in the garbage, fished out the glasses and lo and behold they were BROKE!!! GRRRR! So of course now here he is with his contacts needed to be thrown out because he has been wearing the same pair since 6/30, no more to put in and NO GLASSES!! I'm just a little upset right now!! It's a good thing those glasses only cost me 20.00 on my insurance! But I cant get him another pair that cheap again till 2016! So now I will have to pay FULL PRICE for him a new pair!
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Carol... The state will ISSUE him glasses?? He was under the impression that they would do the eye exam and write a script for him to send home then I would have to get his glasses.
I am so sorry to read of this mistreatment of your son! My son is in the TDCJ Gurney Unit, wearing the same pair of contacts he's had since April 30th! Talk about the danger of eye infection! Recently one of his contacts tore so he's still trying to wear that one anyway since we are not permitted to send a fresh pair of contacts. TDCJ also does not permit us to send him eye glasses. The wait to get official TDCJ approved glasses is about eight months!