The box, also known as a hot box or sweatbox, is a method of solitary confinement used in humid and arid regions as a method of punishment.
Anyone placed in one would experience extreme heat, dehydration, heat exhaustion, or even death, depending on when and how long one was kept in the box.
Hot box torture has been portrayed in numerous films and television shows, including Leadbelly, Hell's Highway, Life, Life Is Beautiful, Cool Hand Luke, Stir Crazy, Take the Money and Run, Carbine Williams, The Longest Yard and its 2005 remake, Seven Days, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Von Ryan's Express, Prison Break, The X-Files, Firefly, Sullivan's Travels, My Name is Earl, The A-Team, Farscape, Burn Notice, Batman: The Animated Series, Bates Motel, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Django Unchained, Stranger Things, 1923 and Escape Plan.
A parody of hot box torture was portrayed by a sandbox in Toy Story 3.
Box torture was also used on Josh Groban in Muppets Most Wanted.