Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug rehab programs in Copper Center, Alaska and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. are finding it more helpful to rehabilitate men and women who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more effective to deal with the issue of drug addiction directly, than to invoke such penalties. Most who do not make their way to drug rehabilitation will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug rehab often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying sober and out of the court system completely.