Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Albion, California and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. often find it more effective to rehab individuals who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It is proven to be more effective to tackle the problem of addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. Most who do not make their way to drug and alcohol rehab will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a much better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system entirely.