Criminal justice clients in Refugio often end up in drug rehabilitation programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Many courts put these types of persons into the drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they believe that rehabbing these persons will be more helpful for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been proven to be very successful not only in healing and rehabbing this type of client in Refugio, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in many situations out of the criminal justice system for good.