Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in Auburn and across the nation. Court systems around the country often find it more beneficial to treat people who have wound up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more effective to tackle the issue of addiction more straightforwardly, than to enforce such penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehab will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at remaining abstinent and out of the court system completely.