At the same time, this sympathy seems to ring hollow with hordes of conservatives saying just get them out of here, we don’t care how they got like they were.
Sadly, that "sympathy" is curtailed by the inability to institutionalize them so that they can get that treatment.
That's really all I would do for them. People that unstable are like dynamite. I can't read how many times I've read about the murder of a Christian at the hands of one of these often dangerously unbalanced individuals.
The truth really is very simple. These are sick people, possibly dangerous to others, and given the inclination towards self mutilation, they are absolutely a danger to themselves. I would consider justification of institutional observation in the same way I would someone on suicide watch.