Violation of Personal Rights by Inmate #2

When I self surrendered I had to argue with the guards that check me in to keep my PRESCRIPTION sunglasses because i am not supposed to be in the sun and bright lights without them. I have cataracts, MS and diabetes (fortunately no retinopathy so far). My civilian optometrist said I was not to be out in the sun without sunglasses - no exceptions. 

On Nov 13th a guard (Lt. Griffin) confiscated my sunglasses and when I went to his office with the paperwork he told me I had the paperwork backdated so I wasn't getting them back - strangely the date on the form was the date I surrendered - and then he called the medical Director Dr Langham ( a sorry excuse for a medical director who sent me an email at home that said - "we will succeed" and when I asked him succeed at what he didn't answer) who ordered him to confiscate the glasses until I saw the optometrist - but he didn't make the appointment to see the optometrist. I finally went to Ms McMannis (head off Health Services) and she made sure the appointment was made but it wouldn't be until January because (to them) me being without my prescription lenses wasn't an emergency (certainly not for them) but because I was without them - when sun was out I had to walk with my head down and my eyes almost completely closed.

Several times my walker caught in the pavement and almost pitched me head first onto the pavement or the grass.  On January 25th I saw the optometrist and he ordered my glasses to be returned to me but it took another 9 days to get them back. I had to go back to the optometrist office (a week later because he is only here on Thursday)

Then the medical records had to call the lieutenants' office order them released. I spent several hours at the lieutenants' office because then they couldn't find them even though one of the officers dealing with them was the LT that called me to their office to see about shipping them home at which time I told them the were to retain them until I saw the optometrist.  It was a nightmare. Fortunately (if in this case there really is a fortunately) I was moved from the room of bright lights and 10 beds - the infamous bus stop - (my landing point) to a first floor room with 4 beds and roommates who want the lights left off. A great pressure of relief from the bright lights.  This facility is not very good at do no harm. They make it a practice to make life as difficult as possible. 

The Prisons Core Values are correction excellence, respect and integrity - I find any of that hard to find in this place concerning anything.