Criminal justice clients in Petersburg, KY. often end up in alcohol and drug rehab programs due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Some judges put these types of persons into the alcohol and drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabbing them is more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be very successful not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Petersburg, KY., but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a lot of situations out of the criminal justice system for good.