Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Elgin who have been sent to drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Elgin are occasionally sent to participate at a drug rehab center in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing and jailing them has proven very successful in Elgin, not only in getting the individual 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.