Do All Federal Inmates Go to Halfway House? Which One Will You Go To? We discuss whether every inmate in federal prison must go to a halfway house and explain how the assignment process works. We cover the June 18th, 2025 policy change by Director William K. Marshall III that allows some inmates with significant First Step Act time and eligible home confinement to skip halfway houses, though this rarely happens in practice. We explain that inmates typically go to halfway houses in the jurisdicti