[dimensi0nal]

Incapacitation, not deterrence? If someone is in prison, they can't reoffend.

[FireBeyond]

We already have the highest incarceration rates in the developed world - I'm not sure that more people in prison is the right solution.

[hansvm]

I think there's precedent for shipping them to Australia. It probably costs less to taxpayers, and it doesn't even harm Australians since our thieves are less dangerous than their spiders.

[linksnapzz]

No, and prison is expensive.

1.) Corporal punishment

or

2. ) Exile to Amchitka, with some camping gear, a knife, and fishing line/hooks.