Rehabilitation for court appointed clients are for people in Chelsea who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Chelsea are sometimes sent to attend a drug rehabilitation center 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 instead of punishing them has proven very helpful in Chelsea, IA., not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.