People need to be held to account for crimes they commit. Even if "only" burglary or other relatively non-impacting crimes. Else there's little to nothing to dissuade such people from continuing to act criminally. JMO.
Had a bike stolen from me a few years back. Burglary from an occupied dwelling, a felony. He was recorded during commission of the crime, and coming back another time afterward. He's got a felony on his record, now, and paid back the full value of the missing bike (bike + components + upgrades, etc). Of course, he's also a druggie, so who knows if he'll ever stop until he's wiped that aspect from his life. Still, either way, from here on out subsequent crimes are going to get dealt with more harshly, given what he got caught doing and plead guilty to. That's on him. May he be happy with that. And may everybody who knows the guy be on continual watch for what he's willing and capable of doing, in future.