Criminal justice clients in Shawmut, MT. make their way into drug rehabilitation programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these types of persons into the alcohol and drug rehab system because they consider that rehabbing them is more productive for society and for the person, rather than sending them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be incredibly successful not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Shawmut, MT., but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in many instances out of the criminal justice system once and for all.