Halfway House Definition

noun
A rehabilitation center where people who have left an institution, such as a hospital or prison, are helped to readjust to the outside world.
American Heritage
A midway inn or stopping place on or as on a journey.
Webster's New World
A place where persons are aided in readjusting to society following a period of imprisonment, hospitalization, etc.
Webster's New World
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
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Other Word Forms of Halfway House

Noun

Singular:
halfway house
Plural:
halfway-houses

Halfway House Sentence Examples

  • According to the brief phone call, the ten-year-old girl's natural mother, another loser like faux foster mother Janet, had been recently discharged to a halfway house after doing hard time in the state's Cañon City facility.

  • According to the brief phone call, the ten-year-old girl's natural mother, another loser like faux foster mother Janet, had been recently discharged to a halfway house after doing hard time in the state's Cañon City facility.

  • For example he was " deeply concerned " about the " halfway house " of the present House of Lords.

  • At the time of my visit, 16 young orangutans were at the halfway house.

  • The halfway house is to help discourage you going back to an unhealthy environment.

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