Criminal justice clients in Wheeler often end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many courts put these criminal persons into the drug and alcohol rehab system mainly due to the fact that they feel that treating these individuals is more productive for society and for the person, rather than putting them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been established to be extremely effective not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Wheeler, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.