Criminal justice clients in Carmel, Indiana often end up in drug and alcohol treatment centers because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some judges put these convicted individuals into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system because they feel that treating them is more effective for society and for the individual, rather than putting them in jail with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be quite successful not only in treating and rehabilitating this type of client in Carmel, Indiana, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system once and for all.