<p>SACRAMENTO - The state's independent prison watchdog agency, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to eliminate because it's a ``waste,'' has uncovered tens of millions in potential savings and exposed dangerous conditions in the state's prisons.</p>
<p>In hundreds of pages of confidential reports and summaries obtained by the Mercury News, investigators from the Office of the Inspector General provide a grim indictment of a system unable to root out corruption or curb skyrocketing costs.</p>