Criminal justice clients in Richmond, California often end up in drug rehab programs because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system because they feel that treating these individuals is more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no rehab at all. This has been established to be extremely workable not only in healing and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Richmond, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.