Criminal justice clients in Poteet often end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Many judges put these criminal persons into the drug and alcohol treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabbing them will be more productive for society and for the individual, rather than placing them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been verified to be extremely effective not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Poteet, but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in many instances away from the criminal justice system permanently.