Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who take part in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Stockdale and across the nation. Judicial systems around the country often find it more beneficial to treat men and women who have ended up in the court system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to tackle the issue of drug or alcohol addiction more straightforwardly, than to enforce such penalties. Most who do not make their way to drug and alcohol rehab will typically wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying abstinent and out of the court system completely.