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halfway house

noun as in rehabilitation center

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The 2007 Second Chance Act allows people to transition from prisons to the community, serving up to the final 12 months of their sentence in a halfway house.

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“They said it was to save money. But it’s more expensive to keep people inside of prison than in a halfway house,” said Deborah Golden, a civil rights attorney.

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I can understand the problem of verifying an injury, but perhaps a halfway house would be to permit a replacement for a clearly injured player in the first two days of a Test.

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Therefore, I don't think there can be a halfway house.

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Her 1997 debut, “Round Rock,” gathers a small group of burnouts in a halfway house in the Santa Bernita Valley as they try to repair the wreckage of their lives.

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