A residence for former convicts, persons recovering from mental illness, or from drug or alcohol addiction, serving as an intermediate environment between total confinement and complete freedom, and having structured programs designed to ease successful reintegration into society.
a supervised facility in the community for people who have been discharged from an institution; tries to ease adjustment back into society.
A short-term structured living environment mainly for persons who have just left residential institutions and are expected to have difficulty adjusting to living in the community.
a drug-free facility in which individuals recovering from drug or alcohol problems can live
a term for a drug rehabilitation center or sex offender center where drug users or sex
A residence for those who have completed treatment at a rehabilitation facility but are not yet ready to return to their community. They need daily support to assist them in the restructuring of their lives. Often, this includes assistance in getting a job and gradually living more independently.
A supervised community residence or group home for individuals recovering from mental illness after they have been discharged from the hospital and before they are able to live independently.
A highly supervised residential environment designed to help individuals returning to the community from prison, or to provide housing for individuals awaiting trial. Less than one-half of one percent of all inmates released in 1999 were reportedly served by halfway houses.
The provision of supportive services in a semi-protected home-like environment to assist a client in their gradual re-entry into the community. No formal treatment – counseling\psychotherapy takes place at the facility.
A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright release so that they can become gradually acclimatised to conventional society.
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.