Criminal justice clients in Challenge, California often end up in drug rehabilitation facilities due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Many courts put these convicted persons into the drug and alcohol rehabilitation system because they consider that rehabilitating these individuals is more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than putting them in jail with no treatment at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Challenge, but also in keeping them sober and in a number of instances away from the criminal justice system permanently.