Criminal justice clients in TX. make their way into drug rehabilitation facilities because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Many judges put these types of persons into the drug and alcohol rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating these individuals is more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be incredibly successful not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Texas, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system for good.