Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of curbing repeat drug related criminal offenses those offenders that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Yale who do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol rehab facilities, even against one's will as is occasionally court ordered, these clients have a much better opportunity of dealing with the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be helped in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in Yale instead of jail time or other harsh punishment.