Criminal justice clients in Hamburg often end up in drug and alcohol treatment programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal persons into the drug and alcohol rehab system because they consider that treating them is more productive for society and for the person, rather than putting them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be very workable not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Hamburg, but also in helping them stay sober and in a lot of situations away from the criminal justice system for good.