Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Sagaponack and in the USA. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more effective to rehab men and women who have found their way into the court system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more successful to tackle the problem of addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. Most individuals who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will frequently turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment frequently don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at staying abstinent and away from the court system entirely.