Rehabilitation for court appointed clients are for individuals in Matthews, Georgia who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Matthews are sometimes sent to participate at 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 rather than punishing them has proven very helpful in Matthews, 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.