Rehab for court appointed clients are for clients in Placitas, New Mexico 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 Placitas are occasionally sentenced to participate at a drug treatment center in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing and jailing them has shown to be very helpful in Placitas, New Mexico, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.