Criminal justice clients in Smithton, IL. make their way into drug rehab programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Many judges put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabbing these individuals will be more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than putting them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been proven to be very effective not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Smithton, IL., but also in helping them stay sober and in many instances away from the criminal justice system for good.