Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who take part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Belvidere and across the nation. Judges in the country are finding it more advantageous to treat individuals who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to address the trouble of addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. Most who do not end up in drug rehabilitation will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug rehab frequently don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying sober and out of the court system entirely.