Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clientele who take part in drug rehab facilities in Elmont and in the USA. Judicial systems around the country are finding it more effective to rehabilitate people who have wound up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more effective to handle the problem of drug addiction directly, than to invoke such penalties. The majority of who do not wind up in drug rehabilitation will often wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system completely.