Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clients who take part in alcohol and drug rehab programs in Avoca and in the USA. Judges in the U.S. often find it more effective to rehab individuals who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more helpful to deal with the trouble of drug addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. The majority of individuals who do not make their way to alcohol and drug rehabilitation will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation often don't make the same mistakes and have a far better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system for good.