Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Austin who have been sent to drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Austin, Texas are often sent to attend a drug rehabilitation program in lieu of other justice actions such as jail time and heavy fines. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has proven very effective in Austin, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.