halfway house

Example Sentences

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Marquez remembers when a home on 115th Street was being considered for a halfway house a few years back.

From Los Angeles Times

After his release from jail, Brueckner was taken to a halfway house in Neumuenster, the magazine said.

From Barron's

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.

From Slate

“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.

From Slate

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.

From BBC