Criminal justice clients in Mandan make their way into drug and alcohol treatment programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these types of persons into the alcohol and drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabbing these individuals will be more productive for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be quite workable not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Mandan, but also in keeping them abstinent and in many cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.