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Jail tree
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<p>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 <a href="/facts/American_frontier/J1LYReBP">American frontier</a> in the <a href="/facts/Territory_of_Arizona/S1L96rGn">Territory of Arizona</a>, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; jail trees were also used in <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>. A few jail trees survive to this day. </p>