Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clientele who take part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Ridgeland and across the nation. Judicial systems around the country are finding it more effective to treat men and women who have wound up in the court system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It is proven to be more helpful to tackle the problem of drug or alcohol addiction more straightforwardly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most who do not wind up in alcohol and drug treatment will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system completely.