Each inmate shall be provided with a Bible, which the inmate may be permitted to peruse in the inmate's cell at such times as the inmate is not required to perform prison labor.
Code 1858, § 5510 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., § 7529; Code 1932, § 12126; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-329.