Criminal justice clients in Florence often end up in drug and alcohol treatment centers due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Some judges put these criminal persons into the drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabbing these persons will be more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than putting them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be quite effective not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Florence, but also in helping them remain sober and in a lot of cases away from the criminal justice system once and for all.