Criminal justice clients in Austin, CO. make their way into drug and alcohol treatment facilities due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many courts put these types of individuals into the alcohol and drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating them is more helpful for society and for the person, rather than putting them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been verified to be incredibly successful not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Austin, CO., but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a lot of cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.