Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who take part in alcohol and drug rehab centers in Walnut Ridge and across the nation. Court systems around the country are finding it more effective to rehabilitate people who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more effective to tackle the problem of drug addiction directly, than to enforce these sorts of penalties. Most individuals who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehab will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment generally don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at staying sober and away from the court system for good.