Criminal justice clients in Chama, NM. often end up in drug rehab centers due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these types of persons into the drug and alcohol rehab system because they believe that rehabilitating these persons will be more productive for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been established to be incredibly effective not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Chama, NM., but also in helping them stay off of drugs and in a lot of situations away from the criminal justice system permanently.