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[dennislp3]

They are working on that I am pretty sure...so hopefully before long we will have that.

[lordcooper]

Alpha 6 is out, bringing (amongst other things) rap sheets, prisoner risk categories, the ability to switch off intake for a while, and apparently a fix to the annoying bug that caused prisoners to get stuck.

More details here.

[nenjin]

So I assume when a prisoner reaches the parole portion of their sentence, there's a chance they might leave? They didn't specifically say that so I'm guessing it doesn't happen right now. I think I'm probably more happy about prisoner rap sheets than I have any reason to be; but having prisoners with personalities that are actually expressed in ways the player can see really adds a lot for me. I haven't played in a version or two, I should probably fire this up.

[Aklyon]

Looks like its getting better.

[Cthulhu]

Rap sheets are definitely awesome, I'll download it later today, just started playing the other day and so far I'm having a lot of false starts.  I have trouble planning ahead when I play games like this, and it's not going to be easy to completely renovate later on what with all the dangerous criminals running about.

Also I was wondering why my buildings always seemed really really big, then I realized I was treating meters like feet.  I tried to build a central office and ended up with a gymnasium.

[Scelly9]

Oh, this update looks awesome.

[MrWiggles]

Since it takes years to reach parolee status, I think its a none issue.

[nenjin]

Since it takes years to reach parolee status, I think its a none issue.

I can only assume they put that level of detail in there for a reason.

I mean, maybe? They plan for you to play prisons for hundreds upon hundreds of game days. The passage of time in PA has always been kind of a problematic issue.

[MrWiggles]

But even hundred of days wouldnt touch 'several years' before being paroled.

[Knight of Fools]

My guess is that each "day" will be hand waved as an entire month or three. A year would still be a fairly long while in terms of game play, but you'd see some of the poor suckers finish their sentences before the world ended your prison got out of control.

[Rakonas]

Hopefully there's also a complex system for prisoners to die in prison. Disease, old age, malnutrition (including hunger strikes!), etc.
Also a potential to be released after re-trial and discovery of innocence or something. Extremely rare presidential pardons.

[MrWiggles]

Hopefully there's also a complex system for prisoners to die in prison. Disease, old age, malnutrition (including hunger strikes!), etc.
Also a potential to be released after re-trial and discovery of innocence or something. Extremely rare presidential Prime Minster  pardons.

Fixed.

[ank]

Hopefully there's also a complex system for prisoners to die in prison. Disease, old age, malnutrition (including hunger strikes!), etc.
Also a potential to be released after re-trial and discovery of innocence or something. Extremely rare presidential pardons.

I'm not sure that "prisoners randomly get released" (ie. disapears from the game world) is really that great of a gameplay feature.

I'd like to see a bonus system when prisoners get paroled though.
As a reward for keeping them non-shanked for their entire sentence.

[Vattic]

Hopefully there's also a complex system for prisoners to die in prison. Disease, old age, malnutrition (including hunger strikes!), etc.
Also a potential to be released after re-trial and discovery of innocence or something. Extremely rare presidential Prime Minster  pardons.

Fixed.

Isn't the game based on US prisons more than UK ones? This is why gangs and whether or not to include rape have come up (both not really present in UK prisons). Even the smallest hints of gang culture and everyone involved gets split between different prisons. Without gangs defending their own rape isn't tolerated by the other prisoners.

[lordcooper]

Hopefully there's also a complex system for prisoners to die in prison. Disease, old age, malnutrition (including hunger strikes!), etc.
Also a potential to be released after re-trial and discovery of innocence or something. Extremely rare presidential Prime Minster  pardons.

Fixed.

Isn't the game based on US prisons more than UK ones? This is why gangs and whether or not to include rape have come up (both not really present in UK prisons). Even the smallest hints of gang culture and everyone involved gets split between different prisons. Without gangs defending their own rape isn't tolerated by the other prisoners.

Also the whole death row thing should have given that away.