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- ↑ "Department of Corrections to Close Glades CI". Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ Stapleton, Christine (17 June 2015). "$1.2M Glades prison sale to investors approved. Now what?". Palm Beach Post . Retrieved 2 August 2016.
