Rehabilitation for court appointed clients are for clients in Meridian, MS. who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Meridian, Mississippi are sometimes sentenced to participate at a drug rehabilitation center in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has proven very beneficial in Meridian, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.