Hours of Work

[nathan]

How many Hours of work do you make your people do?

I been doing some tests of 4-8 hours of work to help them get a job but that seems to = a result in high needs of eating and freedom ect so really how do you make your working hours for them?

[Grey Buddhist]

12 (midnight) - 5am = SLEEP
6am = FREETIME
7-8 = EAT
9 = YARD
10am-1pm = WORK
2pm = FREETIME
3pm-4pm = EAT
5pm = YARD
6pm-9pm = WORK
10pm = EAT
11pm = FREETIME

This works very well for me because:

1) Canteens not only feed my prisoners, but also handle needs like fitness, phones, tv, prayer mats, showers, toilets

2) Huge yard is right above work buildings (library, shop, mail room, cleaning cupboard, laundry, workshops) so putting them in yard before work means they are all gathered together and get to work on time without having to walk 20 miles to get there. Yard has everything to handle all needs (like the canteen does) so they don't goto work annoyed.

3) I have ample visitation rooms (I use the booths so visitors can never pass contraband to prisoners) and parole rooms (so they know they have a chance of getting out sometime)

4) common rooms are ONLY filled with items needed for that program that needs chairs (think it is alcohol related?). Since yard, and canteen, handle all needs, common rooms (more than one) are only used for programs.

5) Cells are tiny (1x3) and have a bed, then on 3rd spot put a grate/toilet/shower (yes, they all fit on same space and prisoners will use them as needed).

And after discovering solitary has more cons, than pros, I only put prisoners in lockdown, not solitary.

In my prisons, so far, I only have problems in the rare instances where a Protective Custody (aka: Snitch) gets caught in the middle of normal prisoners who hurt/kill them.

I play with no gangs (have not tried gangs yet), and roughly 250 mostly medium security and a few max security prisoners).

[Yumakooma]

4-5 hours a day I let my prisoners work.

[Njnia]

12 work/free
1-2 eat
3 Lockup
4-8 sleep
9 Yard
10 Eat
11-3 Work
4 Yard
5 Eat
6-11 (12) Work/free

max sec has almoust the same routine (first half of the day is work/lockdown instead of work/free), but sleep starts at 11

Yard is right next to the canteen

Canteen, common rooms, yards, even cells are filled with everything to fulfill almost all needs.
med sec has only dormitories with a 20-cap.
lots of programs and rooms to fill the worktime up.

[LuckyNascarcat24]

5-6 Shower
6-7 Yard
7-9 Eat
9-10 Free Time
10-2 Work
2-3 Eat
3-4 Free Time
4-8 Work
8-10 Eat
10-11 Free Time
11 - 5 LIGHTS OUT

[Norxiam]

For me I do 12am Eat
1-9 am Sleep
9-1am/pm Eat
1-4pm Yard
4-6 Free time
Eat
8-11 Work
I generally don't have any problems with this layout

[Jak]

9-11 Lockdown
Everything else is free time.

Is anybody ?