Hello wardens, so i just started fall to play this game and somehow i love it. Any tips for beginner to build the most horror prison ever exist?

13+ deaths a day -250k in the bank thanks to reoffending fines and none of my prisoners are passing any programs. Seperating gang leaders from the general population seemed to help with the 3 riots i used to have daily. If anyone can help im desperate

I really wanted to know if there will be a new version of Prison Architect again? I really wanted one, or one of the second new game, which could be released in the future.

I dont even know how it functions, how its still working and how i havent given up on it yet

Max capacity is 634 prisoners, all types are housed here (min, normal and death row on the left max on the right) it makes a profit of 48k and yea its ugly

(The 3 cells that are extra guarded in the top left are cells for the gang leaders, below it is protective custody, yes i only have one yard for the left and yes i get atleast 25 deaths per day) Before you come screaming at me for how bad its designed, its probably one of if not my oldest prison, it was supposed to be a low budget death row only prison but that went out the window when i got bored of waiting for one to be available and i jusf kept adding and adding "blocks" till there werent alotta space left

Burned the prison down till time stopped.

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Do they attend parole hearings at all? I know they don't work which makes sense and the only reform programs they receive are well-being programs but when they get released do you get paid?

Ok so I have about 200 prisoners of medium and minimum security but during work time only 3 people work and barely anyone does any programs. What should I do? How do I get them to work?

As in, the level of inmates you intake. I ended up getting enough violence-prone inmates that I needed round-the-clock riot police or armed guards- the latter of which I couldn't really afford at the amount the game "pays" you to intake minimum security inmates.

I had multiple reform programs scheduled including the ones that are supposed to calm prisoners. That and I lengthened the amount of time prisoners would be in solitary for violence- but ONLY using solitary for violence so as not to be excessively cruel and cause a revolt that way. I had enough "work/free time" in my regime that a lockdown penalty would still matter to a prisoner.

If you go under "extras" while the game is paused you can go to "map settings" and turn on gangs in an existing prison as long as you have the DLC.

Hey if anyone knew what was going on with this please let me know!

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When i click on the contraband tab (for reference, im on PS5) it crashes my game. Even when i click on something else and switch over to the contraband tab. I’m not sure if it’s crashing because it’s loading too many things at one time or if the game is bugged right now or if it’s an issue with playstation itself. Does anyone else have this problem?

So I've been playing prison architect for a long long time now but I haven't been able to get control of the contraband, and my health rating is low. I have doctors and all the medical technology. I've tried to set it to staff only versus shared It doesn't make a difference. When I put monitors around the prison the health bands light up but I don't know what to do about them because I can't assign the doctors to the inmates. I've tried adjusting my schedule for more free time for the minimum security which is what I'm testing out right now. I'm playing unlimited resources so of course it's very easy but I can't seem to get a hold of the health. I also have all the programs as well. But prisoners don't seem to be interested in them. That's another frustrating part.

*Does anybody have any suggestions about how to raise the health level? *And how do you control the contraband that's in your prison? I've got metal detectors everywhere, search lights, K9 units, I don't know what else I can do.

Any help would be appreciated

As the title says, I am trying to get rid of a troublesome prisoner, but it has been 14 days of him being locked in solitary with no progress. He won’t starve or anything. What can I do to get rid of him? He instantly kills all of my guards so I can’t risk him leaving his cell.

Hey, I've been trying to fix this issue for about a week when I first slapped drip pipes into my prison to do some veggie gardening. My game would lag every 5 in-game minutes, whether I was sped up or not. It would only lag for about a second, then time would resume, then lag. I've since removed the drip pipes and even sold every item in my storage room, but it's still being a problem.

I've since used the nvidia thing to limit it's frame rate to 30 fps, which cut the gpu usage from 75% to 50%, but the lag spikes still occur. I'm at a loss for what to do. I've been working on this prison for a long time and have gotten somewhat attached to it

Here is a list with all of my pc parts in it if it helps. Just updated my drivers too https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/28LQDCY9SUL75?ref_=wl_share

I have like 300 hours playing Prison Architect on PC. I've built LOTS of prisons, but whenever I try building a prison with 300+ prisoners, something goes wrong and I end up restarting. Sometimes it's having a danger level so high the safety need never gets met, sometimes it's prisoners starving to death because everyone isn't getting fed - even though there's enough canteens/kitchens/tables/regime time/etc for them to eat. Just something goes bad. What's your best advice for building prisons over 300 prisoners? Do any of you use logic circuits in your larger prisons and how do you use them? I can use some advice! Thanks!

One of my more heavily planned and probably the only one where there is always low threat level even with gangs on, any feedback on what could go wrong would be appreciated. Each cell houses 4 prisoners by the way, 288 total prisoners not counting PC cells. (I am playing on mobile so im very limited to objects and such so i cant really do alot regarding cell quality)

There's this one gang leader I've been trying to persuade to do the tattoo removal program. He finally signed up did 2 sessions, got to 89% complete, the next day he went for parole which cancelled the program. Obviously failed parole and then killed 4 guards haha fml, and now he does nothing program wise hahah

I don't know why but all my prisoners are handcuffed and stuck. I tried doubling solitary confinement, tracing all walls to make sure there's no leak, escort prisoners to infirmary, and nothing works. It works fine before but suddenly every prisoners stops.

what did i do wrong? Here's my layout

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And here with deployment highlight

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So its 2024. And i downloaded mods for prison architect. The official steam version plus ALL dlcs. Problem is when i for example load the N.L.A.P mod (its mod that reskins guards, some textures etc) it just straight up doesnt change anything. Any idea how i can fix it?

I have only 30 highsec prisoners (plus 3 maxsec) and I have set them to 2 meals per day with medium quantity + low variety. According to PA calculator this should cost me 240$ a day, in game policy calculator says estimated prize is 191$ . Then why the fuck am I spending more than 1200$ a day on prisoner food??? When I look at kitchens they order all types of ingredients - cabbage, potatoes, bacon and eggs. Prisoners basically take random ingredients and eat them. But they dont get well fed buff at all. Like wtf is happening with bugs in this game ? The policy doesnt do anything other than just randomize ingredients ? I am also playing with zero mods so what the fuck ? Is this due to staff needs enabled, does staff meals count to "prisoner food" ???

EDIT: I made a creative mode prison to check, set meal policy for all prisoners to low quantity and no variety and this is the result

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i have deleted all ingredients 3 times now and everytime they order this

Can anyone please help on how I can achieve the trophy for 10k damage with fires and sabotage please.

I’ve done numerous fires and sabotaged way more than 50 objects but have I missed something in how to do it all?

Also any tips on snap shots or are they truly random?

Any tips would be gratefully received

Many thanks!!

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This was my first time fully planning out a prison rather than building it as I go. I used unlimited funds, but it does now make ~$6k a day. It houses 55 supermax and 5 death row inmates, all under permanent lockdown. It works well, and the only deaths I've had were when I tried to house a legendary prisoner and when my guards killed a cop killer inmate.

How do you think I could improve when I next go to make a supermax facility?