Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Rockdale who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Rockdale are occasionally sent to attend a drug rehab facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has proven very beneficial in Rockdale, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.