Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who take part in drug treatment programs in Belvidere and in the USA. Court systems in the U.S. often find it more helpful to rehabilitate people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more effective to deal with the trouble of drug addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. Most individuals who do not end up in alcohol and drug treatment will often wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a much better chance at staying sober and out of the court system for good.