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I have zero evidence to support this, but it could be government contractors saving money by reusing and slightly modifying building plans between actual prisons and schools? My high school building could definitely have been a prison with some adjustments. Total speculation though.
I have heard that the fims employed to design a school are often the same ones that do prisons, maybe because it has to deal with the same requirements. Lots of people, shower and toilet facilities, revocable access areas.
The last 10-15 years in Western Canada though they have empoyed some stylish modern designs. In some cases too modern. Some looked amazing, lots of light, high ceilings, natural elements, etc but the architects forgot teachers need to store a lot of materials and the classroom had zero storage areas, as did rest of school. They ended up using the theatre stage as a storage zone. Which had to be cleared out for plays.