Rehab for court appointed clients are for people in Martinez who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Martinez are occasionally sentenced to attend a drug rehab center in lieu of other justice actions such as jail time and heavy fines. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has proven very beneficial in Martinez, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.