The jailer shall furnish adequate food and bedding.
Code 1858, § 5419 (deriv. Acts 1826, ch. 45, § 1); Shan., § 7430; mod. Code 1932, § 12039; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 12039; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1109; Acts 1996, ch. 703, § 1.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Prisons and Prisoners, § 3.