Criminal justice clients in Cripple Creek often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these types of individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they feel that rehabilitating these persons is more helpful for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be very workable not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Cripple Creek, but also in keeping them sober and in a lot of instances away from the criminal justice system once and for all.