Criminal justice clients in Sardis often end up in drug and alcohol rehab programs because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted persons into the drug treatment system because they believe that rehabilitating these persons is more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than putting them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be very workable not only in helping and rehabilitating this type of client in Sardis, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a lot of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.