this is the place where some say you come face-to-face with evil. this is where about 500 of california's sexually violent predators live. atascadero is home to one of the nation's largest collection of sexually violent predators, and that number is expected to increase. the overwhelming public sentiment is to lock them up, throw away the key, no matter what the cost, just keep them away. since 1995, california has been doing just that. instead of setting the convicted child molesters and rapists free, the state has been locking up the worst of them and only a few of them have been released. >> it is not a matter of whether or not i feel sympathy or not, the law says that this particular patient population will come to us for treatment, and that's our job, is to