Criminal justice clients in Whiting make their way into drug rehabilitation programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these types of persons into the drug and alcohol rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating these persons is more effective for society and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been verified to be very effective not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Whiting, but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system once and for all.