When I was in highschool, I thought it would be funny to swipe a few mice from the computer lab. I got caught and punished as I rightly should have. This was in addition to numerous other little things I did to cause trouble. The administration chose to make me reimburse the school for damages. They had a police officer come in and sit me down and interrogate me. They chose to let me dig my way out of the mess rather than involving courts or parents. I repaid them two fold for their kindness and now have a normal life. Locking people up for non-violent crime is not always the best solution. Two years is a significant amount of time to spend incarcerated, would five or ten years teach a greater lesson? I am not certain.