Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clients who are currently taking part in drug rehab programs in Kearney and across the nation. Judicial systems in the country often find it more beneficial to rehabilitate men and women who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It has proven more helpful to address the problem of drug addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehab generally don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at staying abstinent and out of the court system for good.