Criminal justice clients in Pittsboro often end up in drug treatment centers because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Many judges put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they feel that treating these individuals is more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than putting them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be very effective not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Pittsboro, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system once and for all.