Certainly a denial of liberty, if it is a mental disorder driving them then they must be contained. I fully agree with your second sentence.
Slamming them in prison, exposing them to hatred and violence, then releasing them into society without any treatment seems counter-productive. It's not how society treats any other illness. We have to know why, and how to stop it before it starts.
We treat these people like pariahs, creating an atmosphere where it is almost impossible to say "I'm sick. I need help".
I'm basing this on pedophilia stemming form a mental disorder. If these people are simply "evil", right then, prison it is.
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