halfway houses
Between jail, independence
A halfway house is a residential facility where people transition between institutional living and full independence—typically for those leaving prison, completing addiction treatment, or recovering from mental health crises.
The structure provides supervision and support while residents reintegrate into society: He spent six months in a halfway house after his release.
Figuratively, a halfway house is any compromise or intermediate solution between two positions.
- reentry programsPost-release prisoner support
- transitional housingTemporary supported accommodation
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- transitionsMovements between states
- group homesShared supervised residences
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- Incarcerationcell blocks, prison conditions, prison guards, prison labor, prison reform
- penologypenology, prisons, incarceration, parole board, prison
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Highest-level detention facility
penitentiary · prison · jail · correctional facility · detention center
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Shelter from persecution
nursing home · hospice · institutionalization · custodial care
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