Criminal justice clients in El Mirage often end up in drug and alcohol treatment centers because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted individuals into the drug rehab system because they believe that rehabbing these individuals will be more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than putting them in jail with no treatment at all. This has been verified to be very effective not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in El Mirage, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system permanently.