Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Guthrie Center, IA. who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Guthrie Center are occasionally sentenced to participate at a drug rehabilitation center in lieu of other justice actions such as jail time and heavy fines. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has proven very helpful in Guthrie Center, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.