People in Washington with DUI/DWI are sometimes court ordered to go to an alcohol or drug treatment facility, most often when they are first time offenders and in lieu of other stiff penalties. Although being sentenced with a DUI/DWI in Washington usually comes with substantial fines and even incarceration in some cases, the criminal justice system is sometimes more apt to help rehabilitate the particular person instead of punishing them. Allowing people with DUI/DWI to participate in a drug and alcohol treatment center as a substitute to other methods of punishment has shown to be successful in keeping people in Washington out of the criminal justice system because of DUI/DWI in the future.