Criminal justice clients in Shepherd make their way into drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these types of individuals into the drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they believe that treating these persons is more helpful for society and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been verified to be very successful not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Shepherd, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a number of situations away from the criminal justice system permanently.