Rehab for court appointed clients are for people in Protivin, IA. who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Protivin are occasionally sent to enroll into a drug treatment center 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 and jailing them has proven very effective in Protivin, IA., not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.