Rehabilitation for court appointed clients are for individuals in Heber Springs, Arkansas who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Heber Springs are occasionally sent to participate at a drug rehabilitation program in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has proven very successful in Heber Springs, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.