Why do schools have lockers the size of a student?

[snowblizz]

Yes. Yes it does.

[Cazero]

*le gasp*
So police stations are correctionnal facilities?

[Devils_Advocate]

And adult justice systems take things like motive and who's the instigator into account; why don't schools?

Those in power often hold themselves and their underlings to lower standards of behavior. I'm guessing that teachers and other staff who are assaulted by students generally aren't punished for defending themselves. {Scrubbed}

It looks to me like an approach that isn't designed to actually address the problem, but rather to give the appearance that they're taking it seriously - for the benefit of teachers, governors, the authorities etc.

Yes, purported benefits to students are the justification, but probably not the motivation.

[Rockphed]

That's not a school. That's a correctional facility.

At my high school we always joked that is was a county jail that was deemed in excess of requirements. When I started there were no windows. They punched holes in all the upstairs walls and added windows my sophomore year. I don't remember if there were very many cameras inside the building and I am almost certain that there wasn't a permanent police presence, but there was definitely a prison attitude at many points.

[Rogar Demonblud]

My junior high never had windows, as it was deemed distracting to have a view of the outside. Don't think our grades were different from any of the other schools, since at that age the distractions were in desks all around you.

[javianhalt]

I guess it's all a conspiracy to fit the students inside and promote bullying lol