Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in Water Valley and in the USA. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more helpful to treat individuals who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It is proven to be more successful to handle the issue of addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. Most who do not end up in drug and alcohol treatment will often turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehab frequently don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying abstinent and out of the court system for good.