Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clients who take part in alcohol and drug rehab centers in Hayward, California and in the USA. Judicial systems in the country often find it more advantageous to rehabilitate individuals who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It is proven to be more helpful to address the trouble of addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. Most individuals who do not make their way to drug and alcohol treatment will frequently turn right back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying abstinent and away from the court system for good.