Rehab for court appointed clients are for clients in Paradis, Louisiana who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Paradis, Louisiana are often sentenced to enroll into a drug rehab facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as jail time and heavy fines. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has proven very helpful in Paradis, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.