Community service? Prison should be for people who have demonstrated beyond any question that they will physically harm or kill members of the community. There are far more constructive ways to deal with people who steal our precious "stuff". I've had my house broken into twice and had one vehicle stolen. I also had someone steel my tires and wheels and leave my vehicle up on blocks. It would bother me to my grave if the people who did this were imprisoned for depriving me of my baubles no matter how much I valued them.
John Thornton