Criminal justice clients in Rankin often end up in drug and alcohol treatment facilities due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these types of persons into the drug rehab system because they consider that rehabilitating them is more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be extremely effective not only in healing and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Rankin, but also in helping them stay sober and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system for good.