Criminal justice clients in Harlem make their way into drug rehabilitation facilities due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Some courts put these convicted individuals into the drug and alcohol rehabilitation system because they consider that treating these individuals will be more helpful for society and for the person, rather than putting them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be very workable not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Harlem, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a lot of instances out of the criminal justice system once and for all.