Criminal justice clients in Vinalhaven often end up in alcohol and drug rehab programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some judges put these convicted persons into the drug rehabilitation system because they consider that treating them will be more productive for the culture at large and for the person, rather than sending them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Vinalhaven, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a number of instances out of the criminal justice system permanently.