And I totally disagree. the system is absolutely not controlled by companies that provide diversion services. That is absurd. People get phucqked up all the time from drunks. That is what drives the system.
Maybe it's different where you are. My son who's now 28 made a stupid decision at 21 and got pulled into the system. He had to work with counselors employed by private companies who were the decision-makers for how much longer he needed "counseling" and what kind of "counseling" he needed. In other words, how much longer he would be paying their salaries. He described his appointments to me and his counselors were basically worthless slugs with a vested interest in keeping people in counseling as long as possible. They were not helping him, just pushing paper. He knew he'd done wrong and he knew how to avoid repeating it long before his "counseling" was finished. If you don't see that as a conflict of interest (racket is the word I use) I don't know what to tell you.
