Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in Panama, IA. and in the USA. Court systems in the U.S. are finding it more helpful to rehab individuals who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It has proven more successful to handle the issue of addiction directly, than to invoke such penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug and alcohol treatment will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying sober and out of the court system completely.