Criminal justice clients in Thompsontown, PA. often end up in alcohol and drug rehab centers because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Many judges put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they believe that treating these persons will be more effective for society and for the individual, rather than putting them in jail with no treatment at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Thompsontown, PA., but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in many cases away from the criminal justice system for good.