US 12,270,215 B1
Reentry transitional housing system and method
Deanna Van Buren, Oakland, CA (US); Shelley Roberts, San Pablo, CA (US); and Oretola Thomas, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/384,526.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/056,507, filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Int. Cl. E04H 1/12 (2006.01); E04H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 1/125 (2013.01) [E04H 1/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refuge room being configured for delivery to a predetermined internal operating environment in at least one shipping container, comprising:
a first side barrier base member being positioned atop a floor of the internal operating environment; and
a plurality of side barrier members being arranged to define a perimeter around an uncovered internal refuge room space and including a first side barrier member being positioned atop the floor of the internal operating environment and defining a refuge room doorway in communication with the internal refuge room space and a second side barrier member being disposed on said first side barrier base member and comprising a bed,
wherein a side panel of a selected shipping container is coupled with the first side barrier member and forms a refuge room door for the refuge room doorway, and
wherein the internal refuge room space provides living quarters within the internal operating environment for an individual who is reentering a community after release from incarceration.