Criminal justice clients in Hampden often end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Some judges put these types of persons into the drug and alcohol rehabilitation system because they feel that rehabbing these persons is more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than sending them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be quite effective not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Hampden, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a number of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.