Criminal justice clients in Premont, TX. often end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some judges put these convicted persons into the drug rehabilitation system because they believe that rehabbing them will be more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than putting them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been established to be incredibly successful not only in helping and rehabilitating this type of client in Premont, TX., but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in a lot of cases out of the criminal justice system once and for all.