Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clients who take part in drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Wilson and across the nation. Court systems in the country are finding it more effective to rehab people who have found their way into the court system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It is proven to be more effective to handle the problem of addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most who do not end up in drug rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in drug treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at staying sober and away from the court system for good.