Actually, I believe there are a range of "punishments" available now, ranging from "quiet word in your shell-like" to "outright permanent ban" in level.
There is already (I think) a "restricted access" version, which stops short of actual banning.
The best analogy is driving - you get points for dangerous driving, and if you accumulate enough points, or do something totally dodgy, you get banned.
Maybe we could get them to wear penal uniforms at dance venues
Despite what it appears, the actual number of infractions handed out is very low - in the past 6 months, we've had a couple of dozen warnings and 40-odd infractions (many of which were spammers being banned).
Considering there were maybe 100,000 posts in that time, that's pretty low, most of us are fairly well-behaved. Or, we've been "cowed into submission", as I'm sure Andy McG would put it.
So any changes would be a lot of work for a very small return - the "jail" would be empty 99% of the time.
EDIT: I've moved this to the "suggestions" area, it seems more appropriate here.
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