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Lawmaker, prison chief clash over quotas
By Greenville News
Published: 04/16/2007

COLUMBIA, SC - State Sen. Mike Fair said $1.9 million for the state Corrections Department approved by the Senate Finance Committee would expand a prison facility in Columbia to allow the quicker transfer of state convicts from county jails.

That could relieve a backlog of state inmates in Greenville's crowded detention center that has cost taxpayers nearly $86,000 since January, though counties and state correction chief Jon Ozmint would have to work out the details, Fair said. Read more.

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