Criminal justice clients in Avon Park often end up in drug rehabilitation centers because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they believe that rehabilitating these individuals will be more productive for society and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no rehab at all. This has been verified to be extremely successful not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Avon Park, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system for good.