Criminal justice clients in Richmond make their way into alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs due to the fact they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these criminal persons into the drug and alcohol rehab system mainly due to the fact that they believe that rehabilitating these persons will be more effective for society and for the individual, rather than putting them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been verified to be very successful not only in treating and rehabilitating this type of client in Richmond, but also in helping them stay off of drugs and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.