Criminal justice clients in Philadelphia often end up in drug and alcohol treatment programs because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal individuals into the drug and alcohol rehab system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabbing these persons will be more effective for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been verified to be extremely successful not only in helping and rehabbing this type of client in Philadelphia, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a lot of instances out of the criminal justice system once and for all.