Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Ione, California 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 Ione, California are sometimes sent to attend a drug rehab center in lieu of other sentencing options such as jail time and heavy fines. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has proven very helpful in Ione, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.