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- ↑ "Architect Deanna Van Buren is rejecting mass incarceration by creating safe spaces". NBC News. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ↑ "Remodel, rebuild, reimagine: Group submitted plans to close, repurpose Atlanta city jail". 11Alive.com. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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- ↑ "Deanna Van Buren". UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
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