Criminal justice clients in Mcallen make their way into alcohol and drug treatment centers due to the fact they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Many judges put these criminal individuals into the drug and alcohol rehab system because they feel that rehabilitating these individuals will be more effective for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been established to be extremely successful not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Mcallen, but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in many situations out of the criminal justice system permanently.