Criminal justice clients in Van Wert often end up in drug and alcohol treatment programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these types of persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabilitating them is more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been proven to be incredibly effective not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Van Wert, but also in keeping them sober and in a lot of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.