halfway house
noun
1
a
: a place to stop midway on a journey
b
: a halfway place in a progression
2
: a residence for individuals after release from institutionalization (as for mental illness, drug addiction, or criminal activity) that is designed to facilitate their readjustment to private life
Examples of halfway house in a Sentence
The car is the perfect halfway house between a family caravan and luxury sedan.
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Advertisement The consent decree requires close monitoring of staff abuse and retaliation, medical care, the application of early release credits and the timely release of inmates to halfway houses.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Many of those who are eligible for First Step Act are minimum security prisoners but a lack of halfway house capacity has led to many prisoners staying in institutions longer than necessary.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
His July 2014 sentence also included five years’ probation on each count to run concurrently, but Flack had terminal cancer and died at age 78, not long after serving time in a halfway house.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
According to court records, Mason went to her usual polling place on Nov. 8, 2016, after having been released from federal prison a year earlier and from a halfway house in August.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Mar. 2024
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Many of those who are eligible for First Step Act are minimum security prisoners but a lack of halfway house capacity has led to many prisoners staying in institutions longer than necessary.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
His July 2014 sentence also included five years’ probation on each count to run concurrently, but Flack had terminal cancer and died at age 78, not long after serving time in a halfway house.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
According to court records, Mason went to her usual polling place on Nov. 8, 2016, after having been released from federal prison a year earlier and from a halfway house in August.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Mar. 2024
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halfway house
noun
half·way house
ˈhaf-ˈwā-, ˈhȧf- 
: a center for individuals after institutionalization (as for mental illness or drug addiction) that is designed to facilitate their readjustment to private life
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