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Orange County, California has a judicial system that is sympathetic to alternative sentencing for non-violent drug offenders. Often judges will sentence non-violent drug offenders to PC 1000 (alcohol and drug classes) and/or to drug treatment. One of the reasons the Orange County courts are sympathetic to first time drug offenders, or non-violent drug offenders, is because they have seen what treatment can do to the recidivism rate. Non-violent drug offenders who receive drug treatment instead of incarceration are less likely to re-offend according to research. Sending a non-violent drug offender to drug treatment also helps with the problematic overcrowding of our California jails and prisons. Furthermore, Orange County has a plethora of drug treatment facilities to choose from when it comes time to sentence a non-violent drug offender to treatment. One of the advantages to sentencing a person to drug and/or alcohol treatment is that the treatment facility has the power of the judicial system to back them in their treatment efforts. When a person is sentenced to drug and alcohol treatment (i.e., Alternative Sentencing) they know that if they fail to complete the drug treatment, or do not comply with treatment objectives, they may face lengthy jail time. When used in the right way, the looming threat of jail or prison can help motivate a client to get sober and comply with treatment objectives and rules. The threat of jail or prison time because of drug charge will not get a person sober, but it can be a useful tool for treatment to motivate clients to get sober. Orange County alternative sentencing, with the help of probation, drug court, and judges, has helped thousands upon thousands people addicted to drugs and alcohol break free from the cycle of drugs and the penal system.