Stocks are restraining devices, primarily for the feet, historically used as a form of punishment and public shaming. Evidence suggests their use dates back to Ancient Greece, mentioned in Solon's law code. Lysias, an orator, cited the law describing its use, indicating confinement in the stocks for five days as a potential addition to a sentence, similar to what was called confinement in the wood.
In 1989, the Arkansas town of Dermott passed a curfew law that included punishment of up to thirty days in jail for the offender and up to two days in the stocks for the offender's parents. However, the punishment was quickly remitted because the city did not have stocks and had not budgeted for them.
In 2012, in Colombia, Alfreda Blanco Basilio and her lover Luis Martinez were placed in stocks by the Sampues tribe due to Basilio's adultery. Basilio spent 72 hours barefoot in the stocks as punishment.
In 2016, the British town of Thame considered a proposal to build stocks for use in charitable events, where people would be placed in the stocks and others would donate money for the time they remained there. The stocks were not intended for actual punishment. Further study on the topic was ongoing.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, police in Chinu, Colombia, placed residents who violated quarantine orders in stocks for a few hours as a form of punishment.
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