Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who take part in drug rehabilitation centers in Palmer and across the nation. Judicial systems around the country are finding it more helpful to treat people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more successful to address the problem of addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. The majority of individuals who do not end up in drug and alcohol treatment will frequently turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system completely.