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n

A transitional facility to which convicted criminals are paroled for some period of time, in advance of full release into the community.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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