The Shakedown system itself is broken since many areas of your prison never get searched even though the prisoners use it. I think you misunderstand the contraband system. The release notes clearly state: "Many rooms around a prison are now a source of dangerous contraband. Prisoners will some...

I do have a question, though. A lot of older members have been rudely telling off the newer members not to start threads with old ideas. "There's 400 other threads of the same idea..." Are we even allowed to necro any of those older threads, then?? Cause it doesn't look like it. It seems ...

I agree with paktsardines. Such diagonal connections should be avoided anyway if possible, as the routing algorithm does some funny things around those. A couple of more tips: - The fence around the yard is not necesary. - Drains are only needed at the door of the shower, they don't work under showe...

Is your prison completely surrounded with a wall or a fence, or a combination of these?
The most peaceful prisoners can go crazy if they see a hole in the wall.

I think multiple levels would be a nice option, for those who choose to utilize it. I can think of many different prison ideas that are simply not possible with only one z-level (a proper Panopticon, for example, or this ). It would do much to enhance the depth of the architect portion of the game,...

Do you have tables and benches in your canteen where they can sit down to eat?

Some comments: - Only prisoners with selected categories get cells in a given cell-block Not that much of an improvement for the current system. Also I haven't experimented that much with current min-max sec areas but based on the current, 'random' intake model you might end up wiht a red cellblock ...

Some interesting ideas there! :D Re phones/visitation: I don't think telephones should completely fulfil the family need. Maybe it should fulfil 75% of it, but not the whole bar. As the game stands now visitation is right at the bottom of my priority list, I can just add a few telephones instead. N...

Though I also think that the patroling logic needs a lot of polishing, I doubt that this idea could get integrated in current gameplay well. If you think about it, it would have rather limited use currently. When does heat level increase? - In sleep time? Yeah, sometimes it does, but the prisoners a...

+1 I love the idea of having a legal economy in the prison - besides prisoners trading with contraband. Especially if such thing exists in real life. Would it be combined with some more sophisticaion in prisoner psychology, it could lead to interesting scenarios. I'm thinking about prisoners being E...

Another nice find, Flint!
Just to make sure: You do report these on Mantis, don't you?
You know, you should post the bugs there, not here.

It makes sense to me, occasionally I'll see a prisoner relieving himself in a corridor to satisfy his bladder need, but it seems they need a toilet to poop. As an aside I'd like to see prisoners punished for taking a piss up against the canteen wall (or anywhere for that matter), last time a guard ...

+1 It totally makes sense. It could be pushed even further if it would work in a way that prisoners who have already spent most of their sentence (thus have a short remaining length of stay) would get automatically removed from their cells in case of shortage on cell count, and placed into a holding...

I'm against it for the time being. Though an achivement system can be a nice addition on a finished game, considering that PA is still in Alpha, the developers should focus on implementing elements which actually enhance gameplay and leave the bells and whistles for later releases.