Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clients who take part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Shelocta, Pennsylvania and in the USA. Court systems around the country often find it more helpful to treat individuals who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to address the problem of drug addiction directly, rather than invoke these sorts of penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug rehabilitation will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment frequently don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying abstinent and away from the court system completely.