Pool Tables or Weights Benches) allow the prisoners to easily fulfil their needs without any other people making trouble.
#PRISON ARCHITECT LAYOUT CELL FREE#
You can select a prisoner and right click on the free cell to assign him to in manually.Ĭell Status does not work for Dormitories. You can hover with your cursor over the occupied ones to see who's assigned to them and left click to be taken to the Prisoner. Option that highlights all Cells and marks them red (for occupied ones) and green (for not occupied). Breaking up blocks into smaller chunks with doors is a good way to keep prisoners manageable. Be careful how many prisoners you connect with continuous hallways as anger may be passed from one prisoner to the next causing a Riot. In the Deployment screen, cell blocks may be used instead of individual cells to expedite assignment of Guards and security zones. Installing additional objects in this type of cell does not improve its grading.Ĭells which are accessible from the same hallway or room are considered to be part of a block. Other security level prisoners aren't allowed in. Other 1 if PA system is installed anywhere in the cell block.Ĭriminally Insane prisoners can be assigned only to the padded cells and padded version of Holding Cell.
#PRISON ARCHITECT LAYOUT CELL WINDOWS#
Windows 2 if cell has at least one outdoor facing window. Room size 1 if cell is at least 6 squares big.
If all cells do have the same grading, it does not have an effect.įamily cells, holding cells and solitary cells are not graded.Īll cells are graded on quality/luxury, on a scale 0 - 10 (shown in Logistics -> Room Quality) and 0 - 15 if Cleared for Transfer DLC is enabled.Įach of the following objects increase or decrease its grading by 1 point: Prisoner's chance to misbehave is affected by the quality of their cell as compared to average: Prisoners in a below-average cell are more likely to misbehave, prisoners staying in above-average cells are less likely to misbehave, because they want to keep their room. New incoming prisoners are entitled to an 'Average' cell when they arrive. How strict this is handled can be adjusted in the Policy report. Guards will automatically swap prisoner room assignments from time to time, to try to match everyone to the right cell.
As soon as they misbehave, they will lose their nicer cell and go back to quality 0. One day good behaviour is worth one point of cell quality. Prisoners are entitled to better quality cells (if they exist) as they build up time for 'good behaviour' (shown in their tooltip). With a bed and a toilet still needed, this then makes an effective minimum size of 1 x 3. The Lawyer may research "Small Cells", which will remove the minimum size requirement completely. In the beginning, a Cell has to have a size of at least 2 x 3 squares. A multi-inmate alternative to the cell is the Dormitory.
A cell is always preferable to a Holding Cell for keeping your prisoners contained, not to mention happy. Obviously, it is one of the key parts of your prison, and you should plan to construct one for each prisoner that comes under your care. Padded Floor can be added to help even more with safety need.Ī cell is a basic Room for holding one Prisoner.(without "Small Cells" being researched by the Lawyer)