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[arkhometha]

No seriously, how do you feed them? Four, including a legendary miner starved/dehydrated to death because nobody feed them. Now I have my only armorsmith level 8 in prison and he is starting to dehydrate, and the dorfs have a tendency to only give them what they need when they want.
If he dies, the baron will sleep with the fish.

[Megaman]

If they are chained, a food stockpile surrounding them should keep them alive.

[Keldane]

I have heard that creating a couple small food stockpiles, one set to take booze and the other to take food, and placing them both within range of your justice chain (assuming that's what you're using) will allow the prisoner to take care of themself. That said, I've never had a dwarf imprisoned, so I've never had an opportunity to test it myself.

[arkhometha]

If they are chained, a food stockpile surrounding them should keep them alive.

Nope, he is caged. =/
Even if the entire fortress go idle, someone going to take care of him.

Note to self: remove cages. go berserk.

[Girlinhat]

Make sure you have idle dwarves, I think they respond to the "Tend Patient" job type, which is extremely low priority.  If they're on chains, just put stockpiles beside them.  I always make a row of chains, and then a row of booze and a row of food on either side.  One time I got a little too creative, and made a booze stockpile on one side and a farm line on the other, so that the prisoners grew their own food and they got fed when they were good and ready.

[arkhometha]

Actually, they got some high priority (178-185), but for some reason, are canceled. No announcements, and the guy that was doing it go idle. forget, they are feeding the wounded, but not the caged.

[BulMaster]

Create some "Nurse" dwarves. I usually have 2-3 that only have feed patients/prisoners job enabled. So all they do is feed the sick. Mind you, haven't had people in prison but since it works for the hospital patients i am sure they will feed the prisoners too.

[Foxbyte]

I am not 100% sure that caged dwarves will receive food or drink. You should use chains for justice.

[arkhometha]

I am not 100% sure that caged dwarves will receive food or drink. You should use chains for justice.

They receive.
10/11 idle dwarfs with the patient/prisoner caring enabled didn't take care of him. Getting everyone idle led someone give him water. This sure needs a tweak.

[Haekel]

Create some "Nurse" dwarves. I usually have 2-3 that only have feed patients/prisoners job enabled. So all they do is feed the sick. Mind you, haven't had people in prison but since it works for the hospital patients i am sure they will feed the prisoners too.

Actually, no, they won't.   I had two nurses on idle while the captain of my guard dehydrated and starved to death in jail. I had a well, I had buckets, the nurses had access to the jail. They just don't tend to prisoners. But hey, in exchange for that I got a dozen buckets filled with stagnant water scattered accross my fortress, used by my nurses to ... I don't know. Drown their friends. So yeah, the well worked just fine.

The stockpile thing works just fine. Just make sure it's stocked and the prisoner will tend to it's own needs.

[Joshua IX]

I believe the issue is that your dwarves have to physically 'feed' dwarfs in cages, whereas dwarfs who are chained are given food. One is presumably a more complex task than the other.

Reference: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Cage

I simply put a chain, a bed, a chair and table, a little pit for water and a food stockpile in each jail 'cell' and my prisoners can survive a long sentence (fairly content too)

[Girlinhat]

Beds are for dwarves who make lay pewter scepters when they're told to.

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[Joshua IX]

Beds are for dwarves who make lay pewter scepters when they're told to.

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I have a Duke who insists on asking for 'iron items' when the only ore we have is Galena :/
I consider prison more of a 'respite for my who legendary metalsmiths'

[Girlinhat]

Mugs are made in batches of 3.  Does that fulfill a mandate for 3 items?

[UristMcDwarf]

I dunno, but the title would be a good name for some obsure anime.