Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Maxwell and across the nation. Judges around the country are finding it more helpful to treat individuals who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to address the problem of addiction more straightforwardly, than to invoke such penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehab will often wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug rehab generally don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system completely.