Criminal justice clients in Pikeville often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs 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 types of persons into the drug and alcohol rehabilitation system because they consider that rehabilitating these persons will be more productive for society and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehab at all. This has been established to be very effective not only in healing and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Pikeville, but also in helping them stay sober and in many cases away from the criminal justice system for good.