How to filter out snitches

[Dabizhi]

Hi guys,

What's the best way to discover if a prisoner is a snitch, ex law enforcement, etc? I'm looking for them when the prisoners are sleeping using the intelligence tab, but i swear the ??? turn to snitch during lunch or yard time which results in the prisoners being killed pretty much instantly before I have chance to move them to protective custody.

Another thing I have is protective custody prisoners leaving the parole room, even with two guards being stationed, during parole meeting and wandering the prison inevitably resulting in them being shanked. Any way to stop this other than having a parole room devoted entirely to my population of three protective custody prisoners?

Thanks

[The Queen Salis]

you need high level Informanta - you recruit them from Solitary, then call them to Security room to ask questions. They tell you the reps they know, where who is keeping their contraband, etc.

Don't act on the contraband info too harshly tho - every search you order while an Inforrmant is talking to you puts risk on them and you don't want to compromise a good informant. Memorise
the locations (or mark them in Bluepritn Mode) instead and act on the info if you need to.
I tend to just remember where the densest area of contraband is and order a general search there.

[Jet City Gambler]

Phone taps can also give you info such as the identity of snitches or ex-cops, but the best way is to cultivate a high-level informant (100%). Use them sparingly though -- send them away from the security office after interrogating them but before acting on what they tell you, or you can blow their cover.

[RichSkater04]

In the early game this won't work, but once you've unlocked Permanent Punishments you can put all new prisoners on Permanent Lockdown. Make sure they have a phone in their cell that has a phone tap hooked to it. Once their family need gets high enough, they'll use the phone and their hidden traits will be unlocked.

Personally, as soon as my newest intake gets off the bus, I manually change every prisoner with "?????????" traits to protective custody and give them permanent lockdown. They stay in these special "tapped" cells until I know their traits. Once the traits are unlocked, I end the punishment. If cop killer or snitch, they stay in protective, but are now free to roam the protective areas. Otherwise, they get sorted into gen pop (and/or gang pop depending on how I'm playing). If it's a pesky prisoner who doesn't have a family need, but has hidden traits, they do their time on permanent lockdown, can't take the risk.

[Dabizhi]

Hi Thanks for the answers.

I did have a roster of CIs but never really knew how to use them. Is there anyway of improving a CIs chances of giving up their fellow inmates who are digging tunnels?

I also like the idea of permanent lockdown for prisoners until their reputation is revealed. How often does it usually take, or is it dependent on phone taps on phones, etc?

[The Queen Salis]

If the informant has 100% coverage, you can't do better.
If you only have a couple of less knowledgeable folks, you could call them all in together.

[goober]

Snitch detector mod if you have trouble.