Determination of the number of workers in a workshop

[Jackson7th]

Hello, I would like to know if there is a way to determinate how many prisoners can work in a workshop.

I built a laaaaarge workshop for my prisoners to build stuff and make me rich, but then I cut it in half (I kept the exact same ammount of saws, workshop press, and carpenter tables). I optimized space and reduced a bit the number of tables.

The results :
From a large workshop with a 20 prisoners capacity, I ended up with 2 workshop "rooms" of 17 prisoners each. 20 turned into 2x17.

So here I am, I want to know how is calculated the number of prisoners that can work in a workshop. Is it related to the "equipment" of the room (carpenter tables, saws, pressn tables, square size...), the size of the room ... or maybe a bit of each?

Is there an algorithm that you could provide?

[Emmote]

No, I can't provide an algorithm, but the smallest you can make a workshop and still have it have 20 jobs is 240m². It's all based on size and max workers is 20.

For Laundry and Cleaning Cupboard, that number is 80m².

Generally I make the Workshop 16x15 (18x17 Including Walls) so that I can align a Laundry or Cleaning Cupboard next to it at 16x5 (18x7 including walls).

That way every work room has 20 jobs. I don't know about Kitchens though as I never allow prisoners to work there, so I've never bothered finding out.

[Jackson7th]

Wow, thanks a lot. I shall give it a try next time, I'm not sure I can do this on my current prison. Thanks for the tip.
But still, do I need a certain number of press and saws? or does the size only affects the number of workers? (but I can conclude that the number of saws and press affect the total "productivity", right?)

[Emmote]

Only the size effects the number of prisoners you can assign to that room as a job.

However, they will need objects to work on if you don't want them standing around twiddling their thumbs during Work time. So yeah you'll need 15-20 in total of Saws, Presses and Carpentry Benches. Some prisoners will be moving stuff around so they won't always need objects to work on, but I put 20 in anyway.

Also be aware that for the Workshop Induction Program each prisoner attending will require a Workshop Saw each, and for Carpentry Program they'll need a Carpentry Bench each. Those will be the limiting factor to the number of prisons able to attend each program.

So, plan accordingly.

[Princess Greg]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=253465369

You can check out this guide for basic room sizes.

[Jackson7th]

Thanks A LOT for this, you two, I should've checked this guide before (I thought it's was a guide for newbies, my bad).