Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clients who take part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Union Hall and across the nation. Judges around the country are finding it more helpful to rehabilitate people who have ended up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more effective to address the problem of drug or alcohol addiction more straightforwardly, rather than invoke these sorts of penalties. The majority of individuals who do not end up in drug treatment will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system completely.