Criminal justice clients in Carthage make their way into alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these types of individuals into the alcohol and drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they believe that rehabilitating them is more productive for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been verified to be incredibly workable not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Carthage, but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in many cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.