Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Keauhou and across the nation. Judges around the country often find it more helpful to treat people who have ended up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more effective to address the trouble of drug addiction more straightforwardly, than to invoke such penalties. The majority of who do not wind up in drug rehab will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at staying abstinent and out of the court system for good.