Criminal justice clients in Seadrift often end up in drug and alcohol rehab programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Some courts put these types of individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they believe that treating these persons will be more helpful for the culture at large and for the person, rather than sending them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Seadrift, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in many cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.