Criminal justice clients in Lampasas often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Some judges put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehab system because they consider that treating these persons will be more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be very successful not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Lampasas, but also in keeping them abstinent and in many cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.