Criminal justice clients in Fort Hancock make their way into alcohol and drug treatment programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal individuals into the drug and alcohol rehab system mainly due to the fact that they consider that treating these persons is more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no rehab at all. This has been established to be quite effective not only in helping and rehabilitating this type of client in Fort Hancock, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.