Criminal justice clients in Hilmar, California often end up in drug and alcohol rehab programs 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 high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system because they believe that rehabbing them is more productive for society and for the person, rather than putting them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been proven to be very successful not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Hilmar, but also in helping them stay sober and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system once and for all.