I'm not going to make this a long post, although I have a lot of opinions on the matter. I just want to say a couple of other things:

The ability of sex offenders to be rehabilitated is debatable. Some types of sex offenders are probably easier to rehab than others. There are psychologists, psychiatrists and others who claim that pedophiles and other sex offenders cannot be rehabilitated, while there are others who claim just the opposite. I don't know what the true statistics are, and you don't, either.

The term "pedophile" is commonly misused. A pedophile is attracted to a pre-pubescent child. When a person seeks out post-pubescent children, he is called an ephebophile. Many people ask, What difference does it make? It makes a difference in how their minds work, and the ability to track and catch offenders. You can't tell me there isn't a difference between a man who wants a girl who's developed sexual traits vs. a man who seeks a child who's body hasn't even begun to develop. This is not to say that a person who seeks out a post-pubescent (usually teen) child shouldn't be put away. I'm just saying we should realize there's a difference and learn more about their motivations, in order to stop them in the first place.