no point having fences with barbed wire?

[WhatCanYouDo]

prisoners just climbs over it like it is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tree and there is no trees next to them so they cant jump over and prisoners are not classified as strong or anything similiar

[darthcharles]

Should only be happening if you enabled "escape plans" in settings, if I'm not wrong.

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Originally posted by darthcharles:

Should only be happening if you enabled "escape plans" in settings, if I'm not wrong.

I do have enabled the escape plans on settings, but that should not make the barbed wires useless. I installed perimeter walls around my prison too just to fight tunnels. However if that too is useless, then i have no choice than set up sniper towers.

[MekaDovah]

Barbed wires damage prisoners who pass over them, but that still means many of them can simply muscle through it and take the damage without being weakened enough to be KOed or killed. The idea is to use them along side other methods to slow down and weaken escaping prisoners so you can recapture them.

I would recommend an extra layer of fencing around your perimeter wall. I find prisoners are less inclined to try climbing to begin with if they don't feel it'll take them out of the prison in one go since they'll view the other side as just more prison. Another (and honestly better) option is to never allow them that close to the outer walls to begin with: that's how throw in contraband gets in anyway so you need to keep them away from the outermost walls.

Also if they're climbing perimeter walls regularly, that sounds like you got a contraband problem concerning rope. If it's bad enough, you may want to make the laundry staff only for awhile until you get things sorted out.

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Originally posted by MekaDovah:

Barbed wires damage prisoners who pass over them, but that still means many of them can simply muscle through it and take the damage without being weakened enough to be KOed or killed. The idea is to use them along side other methods to slow down and weaken escaping prisoners so you can recapture them.

I would recommend an extra layer of fencing around your perimeter wall. I find prisoners are less inclined to try climbing to begin with if they don't feel it'll take them out of the prison in one go since they'll view the other side as just more prison. Another (and honestly better) option is to never allow them that close to the outer walls to begin with: that's how throw in contraband gets in anyway so you need to keep them away from the outermost walls.

Also if they're climbing perimeter walls regularly, that sounds like you got a contraband problem concerning rope. If it's bad enough, you may want to make the laundry staff only for awhile until you get things sorted out.

I know that, however my prison is almost walled off while I had a large prison wall leading to the outside and having prisoners going to work on the other side of the map. My guards thought it would be a good idea to let them out in the open to reach work faster. Worst of all is that they use the rope to climb over when it is no wires, but when I have wires, they climb it like a madderfakking monkey with no ropes! So I put the outside for "staff only"

[MekaDovah]

Originally posted by OMEGAFATSLURP:

So I put the outside for "staff only"

Yeah. Anywhere a prisoner has no business being should be marked staff only or the guards will have no reason not to let a prisoner in there if they want to be.

[Fantastic Fwoosh]

Using a reception quickly processes out contraband before it can be stashed, and also flags up drug problems allowing you to quickly keep a lid on addicted prisoners.

Though so early on you might also want at-least some solitary cells around the low and medium areas so they can serve out punishment for it before being transferred properly.