Jail tree

A jail tree is any tree used to incarcerate a person, usually by chaining the prisoner up to the tree.

Jail trees were used on the American frontier in the Territory of Arizona, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; jail trees were also used in Australia.

[1] A few jail trees survive to this day.

Historic jail tree in Wickenburg, Arizona.
The Tubac Jail on display at the museum in Tubac.
The jail in Arivaca, Arizona.