Criminal justice clients in Oakland, California often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal persons into the drug rehab system because they believe that rehabbing these persons will be more productive for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehab at all. This has been established to be extremely effective not only in healing and rehabbing this type of client in Oakland, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a lot of cases out of the criminal justice system once and for all.