Criminal justice clients in Covington often end up in alcohol and drug treatment programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Some courts put these types of persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabilitating these persons is more helpful for society and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be extremely effective not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Covington, but also in helping them stay sober and in a lot of situations out of the criminal justice system permanently.