Criminal justice clients in Ripley often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system because they believe that treating these individuals is more productive for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been verified to be incredibly successful not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Ripley, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system once and for all.