Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in De Witt, IA. and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more effective to treat people who have ended up in the court system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more successful to handle the problem of addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. Most who do not end up in drug and alcohol treatment will frequently turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying abstinent and out of the court system for good.