Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Atalissa who have been required to attend drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Atalissa, Iowa are often sent to attend a drug treatment program in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has shown to be very effective in Atalissa, Iowa, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.