House Tamberan of Angoram housing the Tambaran statue, on the Sepik River, photographed in 1974, only initiated warriors allowed inside on penalty of death, in the days of cannibalism, a victim's head from a neighbouring tribe was hung above the entrance to warn to those not properly initiated, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

No street drinking sign in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A dummy hangs where condemned prisoners were hanged at the West Virginia Penitentiary before an electric chair was installed; the prison was constructed in 1866 and closed in 1995 after a court ruled that the prison's 5x7-foot cells were cruel and unusual

View from the Bridge of Sighs through a small hatch, Ponte della Paglia bridge and San Giorgio Maggiore church, prison, Doge's Palace, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Police officer with BARVUS device for cashless payment of caution money, fines, tickets with credit card

Weathered wooden door, entrance to historical dungeon, dungeon, medieval prison in the town tower, Old Town, Lich, Wetterau, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Wheel clamp from the police on a car, Pilsen, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

The Isle Alcatraz, a jailhouse, in front of San Francisco, California, USA

Gate of Stein Prison, Penitentiary, Krems-Stein, Wachau, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Pillory, Hauptmarkt square, Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Police officer with BARVUS device for cashless payment of caution money, fines, tickets with credit card

Pillory at the town hall of Bernkastel, Bernkastel-Kues, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

No urinating, prohibition sign, Bamenda, Cameroon, Africa

Representation of Purgatory, Puebla Cathedral, Puebla, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mexico, Latin America, North America

Traffic signs

Row of empty prison cells