Criminal justice clients in Ferndale, California often end up in drug and alcohol treatment centers due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these convicted individuals into the alcohol and drug rehab system because they feel that rehabilitating these persons will be more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been verified to be quite successful not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Ferndale, but also in keeping them sober and in a lot of cases out of the criminal justice system for good.