Rehab for court appointed clients are for clients in New Athens who have been sent to drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in New Athens are often sent to enroll into 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 method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing and jailing them has proven very effective in New Athens, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.