Criminal justice clients in Desert Hot Springs, CA. often end up in alcohol and drug rehab programs because they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Many courts put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they consider that rehabilitating them is more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than putting them in jail with no treatment at all. This has been established to be extremely successful not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Desert Hot Springs, California, but also in helping them stay sober and in many cases out of the criminal justice system for good.