Criminal justice clients in Palmyra, IL. often end up in drug and alcohol treatment facilities because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these convicted persons into the drug treatment system because they believe that rehabilitating them is more productive for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been verified to be very successful not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Palmyra, IL., but also in keeping them off of drugs and in many situations out of the criminal justice system once and for all.