Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for people in Yates City, IL. who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Yates City, IL. are occasionally sent to attend a drug treatment center in lieu of other justice actions 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 proven very beneficial in Yates City, IL., not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.