halfway house

Example Sentences

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This would be somewhat of a halfway house.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

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

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

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 • Jul. 5, 2025

Through his cousin Sony, who resides in a nearby halfway house and obsesses about the Civil War, Hai is hired by Home Market, where he scrubs counters and toilets and works the cash register.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025

Even so, it was a lovely place and situation; a halfway house between prison and freedom.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela