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TheRealSam Jan 29, 2019 @ 9:52am
Mail room overload
So i have noticed recently that my mailrooms are getting overloaded with mail (both unsorted and sorted). I have tried priotising the mail but nothing happens, "workers" just float round the room like they are being paid to do nothing.
Dose anyone know how i can fix this or controll how much mail is coming into my prision.
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Originally posted by qcs2017:
Mail is processed by GUARDS, not WORKMEN. If your guards are busy, mail will not be processed. You can assign prisoners, but that means guards will not at all engage the mail, so you will have to provide enough manpower and sorting desks, and/or working time.
Usually I work with one sorting desk per daily mail bag per 3hour shift and enough prisoners to man each sorting desks plus one per 5 sorting desks for handling. Example: I get 10 Mail bags per day, that means a mailroom of 10 sorting desks and 12 prisoners and one 3hour shift, or a mailroom of 5 sorting desks and 6 prisoners and two 3hour shifts.
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qcs2017 Jan 29, 2019 @ 12:06pm 
Mail is processed by GUARDS, not WORKMEN. If your guards are busy, mail will not be processed. You can assign prisoners, but that means guards will not at all engage the mail, so you will have to provide enough manpower and sorting desks, and/or working time.
Usually I work with one sorting desk per daily mail bag per 3hour shift and enough prisoners to man each sorting desks plus one per 5 sorting desks for handling. Example: I get 10 Mail bags per day, that means a mailroom of 10 sorting desks and 12 prisoners and one 3hour shift, or a mailroom of 5 sorting desks and 6 prisoners and two 3hour shifts.
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Breakfast Jan 30, 2019 @ 12:18pm 
I'm having the same problem, but my guards refuse to even touch the mail.
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qcs2017 Jan 31, 2019 @ 6:46am 
Originally posted by Dr. Avalanche:
I'm having the same problem, but my guards refuse to even touch the mail.
As I said, as long as you have prisoner work assigned to the mail room, guards won't touch them. Did you check for that?
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TheRealSam Feb 4, 2019 @ 7:04am 
Originally posted by Dr. Avalanche:
I'm having the same problem, but my guards refuse to even touch the mail.
Thats whats happening
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TheRealSam Feb 4, 2019 @ 7:55am 
Originally posted by qcs2017:
Mail is processed by GUARDS, not WORKMEN. If your guards are busy, mail will not be processed. You can assign prisoners, but that means guards will not at all engage the mail, so you will have to provide enough manpower and sorting desks, and/or working time.
Usually I work with one sorting desk per daily mail bag per 3hour shift and enough prisoners to man each sorting desks plus one per 5 sorting desks for handling. Example: I get 10 Mail bags per day, that means a mailroom of 10 sorting desks and 12 prisoners and one 3hour shift, or a mailroom of 5 sorting desks and 6 prisoners and two 3hour shifts.
This works, thanks
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