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At $45 a day, South Carolina spends less per inmate than any other state.

State ACLU calls for independent investigation into prisons system
By Yvonne Wenger
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

COLUMBIA — The seriousness and number of complaints lobbed by prison workers and inmates against the S.C. Department of Corrections prompted the state's American Civil Liberties Union office on Tuesday to call for more independent investigation.

The request comes after the state Legislative Audit Council dropped plans for a survey of working conditions in the agency. Prisons Director Jon Ozmint had criticized the survey as being an effort to blame administrators for the agency's woes.