Rehab for court appointed clients are for people in Hopedale who have been required to attend drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Hopedale are occasionally sentenced to participate at a drug treatment center in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has proven very successful in Hopedale, 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.