Criminal justice clients in Tornillo often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Some judges put these criminal persons into the drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they consider that treating these persons is more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be very effective not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Tornillo, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a lot of cases out of the criminal justice system for good.