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I feel I must point out that education buildings in Missouri do not share designs with prisons as a norm. Maybe this is true somewhere in the state but not here

by tigeba 2y ago

I feel I must point out that education buildings in Missouri do not share designs with prisons as a norm. Maybe this is true somewhere in the state but not here.

20after4 2y ago
Yeah I didn't mean all of them. A couple of examples that I am aware of are Ozark High School and Waynesville High School.
- WillPostForFood 2y ago
  There is no way this is true. People look at ugly schools, and they look like prisons, and the kids are captive in the ugly buildings, so it invites the prison metaphor. But makes no sense. Schools are a series of classrooms, prisons are a series of small cells. The designs would not be reusable at a fundamental level, or any practical level.
  - treis 2y ago
    I can't believe people think this is true. There are no school room sized cells in any prison. At least not in this country.
    - aerostable_slug 2y ago
      There are in fact a great many school room sized cells in the United States. "Dormitory" housing is the norm for a significant percentage of inmates in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers (imagine a school gym filled with bunks and you're often not far off). To add to the school-prison linkage, many facilities have lockers as well, replete with padlocks that make dandy weapons. That said, I am still doubtful there are 1:1 copies of jails being used as schools, regardless of visible similarities. I don't see any of these supposed jail/high schools with secured rec yards for instance, which generally make up part of the structure of the facilities that look most like the examples given.
      - 20after4 2y ago
        I'm sure they make some modifications, but they started with the plans for a prison. The overall building footprint and architecture is the same.
      - tenthafterfour 2y ago
        Don't listen to this Ozarkian tweaker. He has been fed some fringe anti-education propaganda his whole life and chooses to maintain life inside a glass bubble.

by tigeba 2y ago

I feel I must point out that education buildings in Missouri do not share designs with prisons as a norm. Maybe this is true somewhere in the state but not here.

20after4 2y ago

Yeah I didn't mean all of them. A couple of examples that I am aware of are Ozark High School and Waynesville High School.

WillPostForFood 2y ago
There is no way this is true. People look at ugly schools, and they look like prisons, and the kids are captive in the ugly buildings, so it invites the prison metaphor. But makes no sense. Schools are a series of classrooms, prisons are a series of small cells. The designs would not be reusable at a fundamental level, or any practical level.
- treis 2y ago
  I can't believe people think this is true. There are no school room sized cells in any prison. At least not in this country.
  - aerostable_slug 2y ago
    There are in fact a great many school room sized cells in the United States. "Dormitory" housing is the norm for a significant percentage of inmates in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers (imagine a school gym filled with bunks and you're often not far off). To add to the school-prison linkage, many facilities have lockers as well, replete with padlocks that make dandy weapons. That said, I am still doubtful there are 1:1 copies of jails being used as schools, regardless of visible similarities. I don't see any of these supposed jail/high schools with secured rec yards for instance, which generally make up part of the structure of the facilities that look most like the examples given.
    - 20after4 2y ago
      I'm sure they make some modifications, but they started with the plans for a prison. The overall building footprint and architecture is the same.
    - tenthafterfour 2y ago
      Don't listen to this Ozarkian tweaker. He has been fed some fringe anti-education propaganda his whole life and chooses to maintain life inside a glass bubble.