Criminal justice clients in Southbridge, MA. often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Some judges put these types of persons into the drug and alcohol treatment system because they feel that rehabilitating them will be more effective for society and for the person, rather than putting them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be quite workable not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Southbridge, MA., but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in many cases away from the criminal justice system for good.