My very-privileged suburban high school had barbed-wire fencing and all of its external windows were on the second floor or were too small to get more than a head out of. When they were building it, before they put on the cladding, it legitimately looked like a prison.
One of the best public high schools in the US (although it was a little further down that list when I attended than it is now)! Teenagers are legitimately treated like a bizarre cross between prisoners and livestock here...
They kinda are, tho... And not just visually, although also visually.
Poor inner city schools have bars on the windows and barbed wire fencing in some places.
My very-privileged suburban high school had barbed-wire fencing and all of its external windows were on the second floor or were too small to get more than a head out of. When they were building it, before they put on the cladding, it legitimately looked like a prison.
america is wild
One of the best public high schools in the US (although it was a little further down that list when I attended than it is now)! Teenagers are legitimately treated like a bizarre cross between prisoners and livestock here...