Find us on Facebook. The name Jarrett reached English shores for the first time with the ancestors of the Jarrett family as they migrated following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Jarrett is based on the given name Gerard.
The Turman Halfway House, a Texas Department of Juvenile Justice halfway house in Austin, Texas. A halfway house is a place that allows people with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities, or those with criminal backgrounds, to learn the necessary skills to integrate or re-integrate into society.
The state-placement of ex-criminal offenders to a halfway house after a prison sentence may either be decided upon as part of the judge's sentence or by a prison official's recommendation. A direct sentence to a halfway house can be decided upon by a judge or prosecutor in lieu of prison time.