Criminal justice clients in Furman often end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that treating these individuals is more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be extremely successful not only in helping and rehabbing this type of client in Furman, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.