Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clientele who take part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Alsey and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more advantageous to treat people who have ended up in the court system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of penalizing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It has proven more helpful to deal with the issue of drug or alcohol addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. Most who do not end up in drug and alcohol treatment will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehabilitation frequently don't make the same mistakes and have a far better chance at remaining abstinent and out of the court system entirely.