Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clientele who take part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in Pekin and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. often find it more helpful to treat individuals who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to address the problem of addiction directly, rather than invoke these sorts of penalties. Most who do not make their way to drug treatment will typically wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug rehab generally don't make the same mistakes and have a far better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system entirely.