Criminal justice clients in Hull often end up in drug treatment facilities due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Some judges put these criminal individuals into the drug and alcohol treatment system because they believe that treating these persons will be more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be extremely successful not only in healing and rehabbing this type of client in Hull, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system for good.