Rehabilitation for court appointed clients are for individuals in Florence, Alabama who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Florence are sometimes sent to attend a drug rehab facility in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has proven very beneficial in Florence, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.