S.C. Code Ann. § 17-25-80: Authority of Commissioner of Department of Corrections as to convicts sentenced to hard labor.

Notwithstanding the specific language of the sentence which confines an inmate to "hard labor" in the custody of the State Department of Corrections, the Commissioner thereof may assign such inmate to the type of labor he deems appropriate and necessary for the benefit of the Department and the inmate concerned, and such assignment shall fulfill the conditions of the sentence.