Criminal justice clients in Macon often end up in drug rehabilitation centers because they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Some judges put these convicted persons into the drug rehab system because they consider that rehabbing these persons will be more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been established to be incredibly effective not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Macon, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of situations away from the criminal justice system permanently.