Original sentence: As chairman of the Corrections and Penology committee, he was criticized in Atlantic Monthly for not attempting to check mistreatment of mentally ill prisoners in the South Carolina prison system and claiming he had no knowledge of the mistreatment despite having chaired the task force that investigated the abuses.Fair also serves on the Education, Finance and Medical Affairs committees
Edited sentence: " despite chairing the task force who investigated the abuses.Fair is the chairman of the Corrections and Penology committee and was recently criticized in the Atlantic Monthly for allowing extremely dehumanizing and degrading treatment of mentally ill prisoners in the SC prison statement and claiming "I didn't know that we had a problem with any particular aspect of mistreating or not treating inmates who have a diagnosis of mental illness.He also serves on the Education, Finance and Medical Affairs committees