Criminal justice clients in Pittsfield, MA. make their way into drug and alcohol rehab programs because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Many courts put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system because they consider that rehabilitating these individuals will be more effective for society and for the individual, rather than placing them in jail with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be incredibly successful not only in healing and rehabbing this type of client in Pittsfield, MA., but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.