Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in California City, CA. and in the USA. Judicial systems in the U.S. often find it more advantageous to treat people who have ended up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more successful to address the problem of addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. Most who do not make their way to drug treatment will often turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug treatment generally don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at staying sober and away from the court system completely.