Criminal justice clients in Prairie often end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Many courts put these convicted individuals into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system because they consider that rehabbing them is more effective for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been proven to be quite workable not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Prairie, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system for good.