Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Mellwood, AR. who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Mellwood, AR. are often sentenced to attend a drug rehabilitation facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing and jailing them has proven very helpful in Mellwood, 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.