Criminal justice clients in St. Regis, MT. make their way into alcohol and drug rehab centers due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many judges put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabilitating them will be more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in St. Regis, MT., but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a lot of situations out of the criminal justice system permanently.