Criminal justice clients are a considerable portion of clients who take part in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Santa and across the nation. Judicial systems around the country often find it more helpful to treat people who have ended up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them to no avail with jail time and other such rulings. It is proven to be more helpful to address the problem of addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. The majority of individuals who do not wind up in drug rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation generally don't make the same mistakes and have a far better chance at staying sober and out of the court system entirely.