Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Oakdale who have been required to attend drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Oakdale, Illinois are occasionally sent to attend a drug rehabilitation facility in lieu of other justice actions such as jail time and heavy fines. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has shown to be very beneficial in Oakdale, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.