Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Gardner, MA. who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Gardner are sometimes sent to participate at a drug rehab center in lieu of other sentencing options such as jail time and heavy fines. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has shown to be very effective in Gardner, MA., not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.