Rehab for court appointed clients are for people in Jena who have been sent to drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Jena are often sentenced to participate at a drug rehab program 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 them has shown to be very helpful in Jena, Louisiana, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.