Rehab for court appointed clients are for people in Akhiok who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Akhiok are sometimes sentenced to participate at a drug treatment program in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has shown to be very helpful in Akhiok, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.