Rehabilitation for court appointed clients are for individuals in Tishomingo, Mississippi 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 Tishomingo are sometimes sent to enroll into a drug rehabilitation facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has proven very successful in Tishomingo, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.