Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clientele who take part in drug rehab programs in Sherard and in the USA. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more helpful to treat people who have ended up in the court system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of punishing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to address the problem of addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. Most individuals who do not wind up in drug rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehab often don't make the same mistakes and have a much better chance at staying sober and away from the court system entirely.