Criminal justice clients in Byrnes Mill often end up in alcohol and drug treatment facilities because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these types of individuals into the drug and alcohol treatment system because they feel that rehabilitating these persons will be more productive for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Byrnes Mill, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system for good.