Rehab for court appointed clients are for people in Gilbertown, AL. 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 Gilbertown, AL. are occasionally sent to participate at a drug rehabilitation facility in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing and jailing them has proven very effective in Gilbertown, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.