Criminal justice clients in Mabank make their way into drug and alcohol treatment centers due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabbing these persons is more productive for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than putting them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be very effective not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Mabank, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a lot of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.