DCist reports on 300 bed halfway house coming to Ward 7 this Fall

June 7, 2020 The Advoc8te

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A new halfway house for men returning to D.C. from federal prison will be allowed to open in Ward 7 this fall, following an extended contract dispute that left the future of reentry services in the District in limbo for more than a year. The halfway house, run by CORE DC, will be located at 3701 Benning Road Northeast. It will have a maximum of 300 beds for men finishing federal prison sentences, according to a press release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. CORE DC will additionally be in charge of 150 home confinement placements. The group has already been supervising D.C. residents on home confinement since earlier in the spring, after longtime D.C. halfway house provider Hope Village decided to close its doors and the coronavirus pandemic accelerated calls to move men in the halfway house out of a congregate setting where they would be more likely to get sick.

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