[Suggestion] zone to separate staff and visitors

[prototype]

At the moment in alpha 13 it is possible to designate an area to "Staff Only"
This is however not the case, visitors and released prisoners are also allowed to use these areas.

My suggestion would be to add another zone, this would leave us in the following situation:
- Staff only : This time staff only for real, no released prisoners or visitors or even arriving cuffed prisoners welcome here !
- <name placeholder> : A zone that allows staff, visitors and released prisoners.

The reasoning behind my suggestion:
There may be multiple entrances to the prison.
Using this extra zone would make it possible to force a main entrance/path to be used by the visitors, released prisoners and also new prisoners taken to their cells.
There will be more control over the flow of the prison

[Steve42]

+1 on this.

I'm tired of seeing my visitors bypass the visitor entrance, going through the main gate, and then walking with the population all the way back to the visitation area and entering via the prisoner's entrance.

Staff only should mean staff only. No handcuffed prisoners, no visitors, no released prisoners. I agree. In another post, it was suggested that released prisoners should have to leave via the holding cell as to help give the holding cell some more meaning. This would work for the released prisoners.

Then we would need a zone for visitors only. This would allow us to make an entrance that only the visitors used and we could then keep them away from the general population of the prison. Out of all the prisons I have been to, I have never seen the visitors mingle with the general population. (I have never been to prison as a prisoner or as a visitor, not that there is anything wrong with that, I'm not judging. It has been a requirement of my job).

[xander]

<name placeholder>

How's about "Restricted Access Zones"?

xander

[pipeek]

And prisoners shouldn't be escort by guartd through the Staff Only Zones. Hate when prisoners are delivered through zones I designed to help my staff geting deliveries to kitchen and so on

[knoest26]

Speaking of zones, I think we really need a deathzone. I built the configuration of fence | concrete | perimeterwall | 5x concrete | perimeterwall | concrete | fence with a deathzone with lethal sniperfire in mind

[JackTheHat]

I think it would be nice if you could zone for each staff type. So you could have a staff entrance but guards can't use it, or maybe staff only could also tell guards not to take prisoners through there.

[thatguy790]

+1

[M4RC]

+1 for different zone for visitors, guards, other staff or prisoners

[fiascov]

+1 for more Zones.
In addition to the "Official Staff Only" zone I would like to see a zone that allows only Official Staff and Working Inmates.
Mostly to keep peoples from using my kitchen and laundry room shortcuts.

[Axios]

+1 for different zone for visitors, guards, other staff or prisoners

+1

[snarst]

Speaking of zones, I think we really need a deathzone. I built the configuration of fence | concrete | perimeterwall | 5x concrete | perimeterwall | concrete | fence with a deathzone with lethal sniperfire in mind

Death Zones, death zones everywhere!

[spoilerhead]

+1 for staff only (really) zones.

Maybe even just a multiple choice selection for each zone:
[ ] min sec
[ ] normal sec
[ ] max sec
[ ] escorted prisoners (i.e. arriving prisoners, prisoners escorted to solitary, ...)
[ ] guards/dog handlers (probably redundant, as they should have access everywhere)
[ ] workmen / cooks /janitors /gardener (i'm not sure if this should be split up)
[ ] visitors

So it would be easy to set up delivery entrances, main entrances and visitor entrances.
Also stuff like only allowing min and normal sec prisoners to work in a certain place, or creating a cell block for min and normal sec only...