Criminal justice clients in Yuma often end up in alcohol and drug treatment facilities because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system because they feel that rehabilitating these persons will be more productive for society and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be very effective not only in helping and rehabilitating this type of client in Yuma, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a lot of instances away from the criminal justice system once and for all.