Criminal justice clients in Ashford, AL. often end up in drug treatment programs due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal persons into the drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they believe that rehabbing these persons is more effective for society and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be extremely successful not only in healing and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Ashford, AL., but also in keeping them sober and in many situations away from the criminal justice system permanently.