Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in La Verne, California and in the USA. Judicial systems around the country are finding it more helpful to treat people who have ended up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more successful to address the problem of addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most individuals who do not end up in drug rehab will frequently wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying sober and out of the court system completely.