Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who take part in drug rehab centers in Cortez, Colorado and across the nation. Court systems in the country often find it more helpful to treat men and women who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more effective to handle the issue of addiction more straightforwardly, rather than invoke such penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug rehabilitation will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a much better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system for good.