Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Akers who have been required to attend drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Akers, Louisiana are sometimes sent to attend a drug rehab program in lieu of other justice actions 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 shown to be very helpful in Akers, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.