Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clients who take part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Bismarck and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. are finding it more advantageous to rehab men and women who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more effective to address the problem of drug addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. The majority of who do not make their way to alcohol and drug rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehab often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at remaining abstinent and out of the court system for good.