Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clientele who take part in drug rehabilitation programs in Bakersfield, California and in the USA. Judges in the U.S. often find it more effective to rehabilitate people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more successful to handle the trouble of addiction directly, rather than enforce these sorts of penalties. Most individuals who do not wind up in alcohol and drug rehab will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system entirely.