Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in New Douglas who have been sent to drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in New Douglas, Illinois are occasionally sent to enroll into 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 method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing and jailing them has proven very helpful in New Douglas, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.