Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in West Portsmouth and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. often find it more effective to rehab people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more successful to tackle the problem of addiction more straightforwardly, than to invoke such penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will typically wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehab often don't make the same mistakes and have a much better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system for good.