Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Austin, Minnesota who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Austin are often sent to attend a drug rehab center in lieu of other sentencing options 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 shown to be very beneficial in Austin, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.