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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The federal Bureau of Prisons website shows Burkhart, 60, was assigned to the residential reentry management field office in Detroit, which primarily manages federal offenders in halfway houses or on home confinement.
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Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
There are also weekly visits to the halfway house to check in and drug tested.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Considering the rapper previously spent seven months in custody on the Louisiana charge several years ago, he could be released much sooner than his sentence suggests, possibly even to a halfway house next year.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
There are also weekly visits to the halfway house to check in and drug tested.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Considering the rapper previously spent seven months in custody on the Louisiana charge several years ago, he could be released much sooner than his sentence suggests, possibly even to a halfway house next year.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 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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