Criminal justice clients in Spokane make their way into alcohol and drug rehab programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted individuals into the drug and alcohol treatment system because they believe that rehabbing these persons will be more productive for society and for the individual, rather than putting them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in healing and rehabbing this type of client in Spokane, but also in helping them stay sober and in a lot of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.