Criminal justice clients in El Cenizo make their way into alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they believe that treating them is more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in helping and rehabbing this type of client in El Cenizo, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a lot of instances away from the criminal justice system permanently.