Encyclopedia > H > Halfway house
Halfway house
A halfway house is a drug rehabilitation or sex offender center, where drug users or sex offenders respectively, or even convicted felons let out on day parole, are allowed to move more freely than in a prison but are still monitored by staff and/or law enforcement. There is often opposition from neighborhoods where halfway houses attempt to locate.
Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.
Encyklopedie (cz) Encyklopédia (sk) Enzyklopädie (de)