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[Karlito]

I do have metal detectors at every cell block. And I'll move the dogs inside, I guess. I didn't realize they only work if somebody is actively digging.

They don't. If they pass over a tunnel where a prisoner is actively digging, they will immediately reveal the entire tunnel system however.

There's a very small chance they'll send up a false positive and flag a tunnel where there isn't one while they are on patrol, but a real tunnel system will send up many flags if you send your dogs sniffing around. You can use the placement of large pipes and perimeter walls to direct where tunnels are likely to form, and then concentrate patrols there.

[Zangi]

I do have metal detectors at every cell block. And I'll move the dogs inside, I guess. I didn't realize they only work if somebody is actively digging.

They don't. If they pass over a tunnel where a prisoner is actively digging, they will immediately reveal the entire tunnel system however.

There's a very small chance they'll send up a false positive and flag a tunnel where there isn't one while they are on patrol, but a real tunnel system will send up many flags if you send your dogs sniffing around. You can use the placement of large pipes and perimeter walls to direct where tunnels are likely to form, and then concentrate patrols there.

Huh, I don't remember ever having a dog find a tunnel.  I have had patrols circling cell blocks on those games I just leave on for the day.  Even back before I tightened things up, dogs ain't the ones to find tunnels. 

The flag system never did any good for me actually... I don't really care that the dog may or may not have found a tunnel, means jack-all to me if it doesn't trigger an automatic search.
I rely a lot on the automatic stuff to deal with most of the day to day operations while I just build stuff and tweak things on a more macro scale.

[miauw62]

Eh, I've moved the patrols inside the cell blocks so the dogs sniff every cell every few days, so cells are rotated because of solitary. I've found two or three tunnels already.

[JimboM12]

A pro-tip I've not seen anywhere yet; build small toilet areas onto your yard to save your prisoners time after breakfast/anytime. Make sure its marked with the yard and you'll see prisoners run to it whenever you set yard or free time. Combo this with extra phones and radios in your yard to take care of alot of prisoner needs while saving space; one giant area at the center of your prison to take care of alot of needs is awesome. You can also do all that in your canteen for extra efficiency!

The real kicker is this doesn't invalidate the Privacy need. I think that's affected by having private cells though.

[LordSlowpoke]

pretty valid protip yeah

i ended up filling my yard with phones, toilets, showers, the like

give them two hours freetime before shoveling them between work, food, and lockup, works wonderfully

[Karlito]

I've got toilets and a pool table in the canteen too. If you want your prisoners to take to your reform programs, making sure that they have all their needs is a must.

[nenjin]

TV in the canteen works too.

[JimboM12]

Nice to see others know about this, it's pretty damn handy. I used to have prisoners pissing everywhere after breakfast and it annoyed me, so I did this as an off-test. Worked. Anyway, another protip for newbies: get an armed guard to patrol your yard for suppression. He won't get more than maybe 1 or 2 stacks of suppression on each prisoner, but that's enough to count towards time suppressed in both your security and punishment scores. Watch your prison churn out low re-offending rates on non-addict/violent prisoners through pure intimidation! Also, spiritual guidance programs in the chapel are super OP for getting those reform scores up.

[BigD145]

[miauw62]

GANGS!

[BigD145]

You wut, mate?! You wunna foight? My bros got sumfin to say about that.

[Aklyon]

GANGS!

...partially implemented gangs. From the sounds of it right now they're just eventual mini-riot generators.

[BigD145]

GANGS!

...partially implemented gangs. From the sounds of it right now they're just eventual mini-riot generators.

They're prison(er) guards.

[miauw62]

One day they'll be fully implemented, though.

[JimboM12]

Holy dog shit, shops are in. That's pretty awesome. Gotta have a dog handler patrol in there to prevent smuggled goods, but damn, now my prisoners have another reason to jump on the prison work bandwagon.