Around the world

Although stocks and pillories fell into general disuse in Europe and the North America during the 19th century, they continued to be used as a judicial punishment elsewhere.

117349824_295714818197269_8997524023264917926_o.jpg A man in the stocks in Chile.

santiago.jpg Prisoners in the stocks in Santiago, Chile.

persian.jpg Prisoners in Persia (now Iran).

philipines.jpg Two men pilloried in the Philipines in 1899.

filipinoprisoners.jpg Prisoners in the stocks in the Philipines.

srilanka.jpg Prisoner in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

Syrian.jpg Prisoner in Syria.

cepo-san-buena.jpg Residents of the town of Tumupasa in Bolivia put councillors and the mayor's health officer in the stocks as punishment for the lack of medicines in their health centre. A very rare role reversal, where authority figures are put in the stocks.

naga_475873102_17892828606118402_441557321049290014_n.jpg A Naga man and woman in the stocks (circa 1920). The Nagas are a tribal group, native to north-eastern India and north-western Myanmar.




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