Criminal justice clients in Hurtsboro, AL. make their way into drug and alcohol rehab programs due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted persons into the alcohol and drug rehab system because they consider that rehabilitating them is more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than putting them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be quite successful not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Hurtsboro, AL., but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system permanently.