Criminal justice clients in Dumas, Texas often end up in drug treatment facilities due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal individuals into the drug treatment system because they feel that rehabbing them will be more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in treating and rehabilitating this type of client in Dumas, Texas, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.