Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who take part in alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Easton and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more advantageous to rehabilitate people who have ended up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to deal with the issue of drug or alcohol addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug and alcohol treatment will frequently turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying sober and away from the court system entirely.