Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who are currently taking part in drug treatment programs in Savannah and across the nation. Judges around the country are finding it more beneficial to rehab individuals who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It is proven to be more helpful to deal with the issue of drug addiction directly, than to invoke such penalties. Most individuals who do not make their way to alcohol and drug rehabilitation will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation generally don't make the same mistakes and have a far better chance at staying sober and out of the court system entirely.