Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clients who take part in alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Walland and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more effective to treat individuals who have found their way into the court system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of punishing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to address the problem of drug or alcohol addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. The majority of individuals who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will typically wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at staying abstinent and away from the court system for good.