Is there a particular reason why most prison doors’ bars are vertical?

Question

I would assume horizontal bars would make it stronger because they will have to be shorter (assuming normal door proportions)

EDIT: I mean cell doors

EDIT 2: Ok so its a combo of reasons like making it harder to punch thru the bars, exchange goods, use weight to bend the bars, and no climbing to prevent WWE scenarios. Aight thanks guys

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Answer 1

As a steel fabricator I can tell you that that it way easier to make a door like that with vertical bars, also the door will weight way less since you need way less material. (If we assume we are using normal door proportions.)