Criminal justice clients in Wellington make their way into alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities due to the fact they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Some courts put these convicted persons into the drug and alcohol treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating these persons will be more effective for society and for the individual, rather than putting them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been established to be incredibly effective not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Wellington, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a lot of situations out of the criminal justice system for good.