Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clients who take part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in Sabinal and across the nation. Court systems in the country are finding it more helpful to rehabilitate people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more successful to tackle the problem of addiction directly, rather than invoke these sorts of penalties. The majority of individuals who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will often wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment generally don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system entirely.