Rehab for court appointed clients are for clients in Somerville who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Somerville are occasionally sentenced to enroll into a drug treatment facility in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has proven very effective in Somerville, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.