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Recent Examples of halfway house
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway house
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Between higher home costs and higher interest rates, the monthly payment on a 30-year mortgage on a new home has nearly doubled since Mr. Biden took office.Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
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One of those times came during a recent flight home from a vacation together.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Carter entered hospice care in February 2023 and died Dec. 29, 2024.Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Carter, who served as president for one term from 1977 to 1981, died at his home in Plains on Dec. 29 after spending almost two years in hospice care.Bailey Richards, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Their status granted them access to isolated sanatoriums in the countryside where food and safety were guaranteed.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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The sanatorium was closed and badly damaged during a bloody civil war in the 1990s.Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Bolsheviks shot its monks in the first years of the Soviet Union, and converted the complex into a sanitarium and a cinema.Ainara Tiefenthäler, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
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Camp and sanitarium admissions were voluntary, but may have been subject to family pressures.Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
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Eaton Fire explodes to over 10,600 acres Nexstar’s KTLA reported over 100 structures have burned in the Eaton Fire as flames destroyed homes, medical centers, daycares, gyms and more throughout Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.Matthew Knight, Tony Kurzweil, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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He was pronounced dead at the medical center, police said.Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
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