Criminal justice clients in Italy often end up in drug and alcohol rehab centers because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some courts put these convicted persons into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they feel that rehabilitating these individuals is more productive for society and for the individual, rather than placing them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been verified to be incredibly effective not only in healing and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Italy, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system permanently.