Rehab for court appointed clients are for clients in Astoria, Illinois who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Astoria, Illinois are occasionally sent to attend a drug treatment facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has proven very helpful in Astoria, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.