Reminds me of my freshman year dorm room.
Our fraternity (TKE) bought a 3 story brick building & my 2nd floor bedroom was larger than these cubicles. I lived there from Sunday night through Thursday (never any Friday classes, so I could work a loading dock job @ Sears, Fri & Sat). And I had a window & fire escape (and one entire wall painted after Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon w/ rainbow prism!).
No windows, shared bathroom facilities, no sun & damp/dank atmosphere's gotta' be depressing - but it's amazing what people will adapt to.
Bonus: they get points from the Agenda 21 crew!