Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehab centers in Beaver Dam, Kentucky and across the nation. Court systems in the U.S. often find it more helpful to rehab individuals who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more effective to deal with the issue of drug addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. Most who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation frequently don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system completely.