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WAMU: Hope Village, D.C.’s Halfway House, Says It Has Gotten Another Contract Extension

Editor Apr 29, 2019

D.C.’s Hope Village, the only federally-contracted halfway house for men in the city, will now keep its contract until Oct. 31, according to company spokesperson Phinis Jones. This news, which the Federal Bureau of Prisons would not…

Norton Introduces Bills to Remove Halfway House Subsistence Fees and Co-pays for Federal Inmates…

Press Release Apr 29, 2019

April 29, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Introduces Bills to Remove Halfway House Subsistence Fees and Co-pays for Federal Inmates During Second Chance Month WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Second Chance Month, which is in…

Washington Informer: Returning Citizens Embrace Core DC

Editor Apr 12, 2019

District residents are heavily debating the merits of a new halfway house in the city instead of staying with the present facility, and many returning-citizens activists want change.

NBC4: Widow of Tennessee Hatchet Attack Victim Sues DC Department of Corrections Over…

Editor Apr 9, 2019

The widow of a man killed in a gruesome hatchet attack in Tennessee has filed a wrongful death suit against the D.C. Department of Corrections and a Southeast Washington halfway house.

Jack Brown in The Post: Reentry centers play a crucial role in helping ex-inmates — and their…

Editor Mar 8, 2019

Despite a hot jobs market, Washington and the nation are confronting a quiet employment crisis: legions of formerly incarcerated individuals who have little or no hope of becoming productive members of society because of fears, prejudices…

WAMU: Hope Village, D.C.’s Notorious Halfway House, Is Sticking Around. But For How Long?

Editor Mar 1, 2019

Demetric Martin is careful to say his time at the Hope Village halfway house was not all bad. Martin, who finished a recent prison sentence at Hope Village and was released in September, says some employees were fair and helpful.

Washington Post: Hope Village halfway house in D.C. might get its federal contract back

Editor Feb 28, 2019

A District halfway house that lost a multimillion-dollar contract in November for refusing to house sex offenders might have a chance to rebid on the contract after partially winning a formal protest to the federal government.

Washington Post: Planned D.C. halfway house loses lease after resident concerns about housing former…

Editor Dec 21, 2018

A corrections company that won a $60 million federal contract to open a 300-bed halfway house in Northeast Washington lost its lease Thursday after neighborhood residents sued to stop it.

Washington Post: D.C. neighborhood battles one halfway house as prosecutors crack down on escapes…

Editor Nov 30, 2018

Northeast Washington residents criticized plans for a halfway house this week as prosecutors cracked down on escapes from an existing halfway house that the new facility would replace.

Washington Post: A D.C. halfway house can’t accept some sex offenders. A competitor is trying to.

Editor Nov 23, 2018

A District halfway house has filed a formal protest with the federal government after a company won a contract to establish a competing facility in the city, saying the company had an unrealistic plan that might result in housing violent…

Norton Expresses Concern about Transportation Options for Returning Citizens at New D.C. Halfway…

Press Release Nov 9, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch November 9, 2018 Norton Expresses Concern about Transportation Options for Returning Citizens at New D.C. Halfway House WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released…

Washington Post: New halfway house for 300 former inmates set to open next year in D.C.

Editor Nov 9, 2018

A private company has won a five-year, $60 million federal contract to open a halfway house for 300 former inmates in Northeast Washington.

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