So if they've had this technology for a while, you gotta ask why they didn't just let you have access to everything else.
You're right, how can you learn if you can't practise? This place is equipped to handle all of our powers. It's like they're deciding what powers can and can't be kept off-leash.
I know the feeling; I get why they've locked me down. They really can't control half my power set but I can. What I need to work on and get better at, I can't.