Criminal justice clients in Locust Gap make their way into drug rehabilitation facilities because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these criminal persons into the drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating these individuals will be more effective for society and for the person, rather than putting them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be incredibly successful not only in helping and rehabilitating this type of client in Locust Gap, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in many cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.