Criminal justice clients in Austin often end up in drug and alcohol rehab centers due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these convicted individuals into the drug rehab system because they consider that rehabilitating these individuals will be 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 very workable not only in treating and rehabilitating this type of client in Austin, but also in keeping them abstinent and in many cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.