Criminal justice clients in Baker, California often end up in drug and alcohol treatment programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they feel that treating these individuals is more effective for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be quite effective not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Baker, California, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.