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