Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Preston and across the nation. Judges around the country often find it more effective to rehab individuals who have wound up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more successful to address the trouble of drug addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. Most individuals who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining abstinent and out of the court system completely.