Rehab for court appointed clients are for clients in Smithboro, IL. who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Smithboro, IL. are sometimes sentenced to attend a drug rehabilitation program 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 rather than punishing and jailing them has shown to be very helpful in Smithboro, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.