Recreational needs

[daniel]

My prison's danger level is rising rapidly, and I don't know why. Their needs are all pretty well suited, except for recreation. I gave them more free time and yard time to compensate, but it doesn't seem to change it much. What is it really that the game considers recreation? Or should I just give them 5 hours of yard time or something?

[Ouroboros - King of All]

Are there enought tvs, and pool tables in your prison?
Also common rooms are bugged atm so attaching a common room like area to your canteen (Make sure it is also zoned as a canteen) is the only way to make a pseudo common room

[Bamwich]

I tackle the Recreation issue by having TVs in every cell. It's expensive, but it works.
I start my day by waking everyone up with a shower, then an hour of lockdown. That's where I see the recreation needs being met, and they are good for the rest of the day.

[daniel]

Originally posted by chalked.up:

I tackle the Recreation issue by having TVs in every cell. It's expensive, but it works.
I start my day by waking everyone up with a shower, then an hour of lockdown. That's where I see the recreation needs being met, and they are good for the rest of the day.

That's actually not a bad idea... expensive, but still.

[Bamwich]

I don't even think of it as expensive anymore - just standard.
Especially being able to sell prisons, money really becomes moot. I think my last prison sold for $3.9M, so I had enough to "splurge" on 360 TVs.

[Proteus]

I for my part have most rooms with multi-use ...
my canteens have telephone booths, toilets, weight benches and billard tables
my showers have toilets, weight benches and phone booths in an adjacent room (but considered part of the showers)
aside from the TV sets, bookshelves and weightbenches in the individual cells

Usually don´t have a problem with needs rising to critical levels (especially now, that I solved the problem with max sec prisoners geting pissed off by hygiene needs )

[NSDAQ2017]

You can Put a pool table or two in the yard for Rec - plus add some phone booths for family. Make sure too your prisoners have enough time to move between hours - if your buildings are spread out, by the time the prisoners arrive theyve already used up 20 mins.

[HungryGrue]

Try putting TVs and phone booths in the canteen. The prisoners who have already eaten will be able to get some rec time in.