An inmate complained that Goose Creek Correctional Center staff prevented him from obtaining transitional lens glasses. The Ombudsman reviewed DOC medical staff’s responses to the inmate’s grievance about the transitional lens glasses and found it reasonable and in accordance with DOC policy. The complainant does not have a diagnosed medical condition that would justify prescription of transitional lens glasses. However, after Ombudsman contact, the superintendent agreed to lift an existing ban on the purchase of sunglasses from the commissary, as other DOC institutions allow the item. This provided an avenue for the inmate to obtain darker lenses since he did not qualify for prescription transitional lenses. (A2016- 1464)