Criminal justice clients in Kanawha Head, West Virginia often end up in alcohol and drug rehab centers due to the fact they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted individuals into the drug and alcohol rehab system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabbing them is more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Kanawha Head, West Virginia, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system permanently.