Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Hot Springs and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. are finding it more helpful to treat men and women who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It is proven to be more successful to handle the problem of drug addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. Most who do not end up in drug and alcohol treatment will often wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug rehab frequently don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at staying sober and out of the court system for good.