Criminal justice clients in St. Peter often end up in alcohol and drug rehab facilities because they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Many judges put these criminal individuals into the drug treatment system because they believe that rehabbing these persons will be more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be quite effective not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in St. Peter, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in many cases away from the criminal justice system for good.