Rehab for court appointed clients are for people in Easthampton who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Easthampton are sometimes sent to attend a drug rehabilitation center in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has shown to be very beneficial in Easthampton, Massachusetts, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.