The particular employment of each inmate shall be such as is best adapted to the inmate's age, sex and state of health, having due regard to that employment that is most profitable.
Code 1858, § 5504 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., § 7523; mod. Code 1932, § 12120; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-328.