No way to stop wall smugglers?

[Nahui Ollin]

I created 2 consecutive perimeter walls, with a distance of 3 squares between them. To make it harder, I added ANOTHER perimeter wall that is only one square away from the 2nd wall.

I found out that smugglers can throw like olympians, over 3 consecutive walls right into my prison.

Is this a bug, or are smugglers ALWAYS successful?

[Woody]

It is distance not the number of walls. It is apparently common in real life for prisoners to arrange things to be thrown over the walls. Usually in a ball or similar object.

In game not allowing your prisoners within 11 tiles of the outer wall/fence will solve this issue for you. Another option is to have a guard stationed when prisoners will be able to access the area. My current prison has two areas where they have access and things can be thrown. A guard at each of these areas keeps any contraband from those areas making it into the prison.

[Emmote]

Originally posted by Woody:

In game not allowing your prisoners within 11 tiles of the outer wall/fence will solve this issue for you.

While true, that is going a bit overboard, and wastes a lot of space. Sure, if prisoners can't get within 11 tiles of the outer wall, it'll stop the issue. You could, instead allow them nearer, but only indoors, as it's 10 tiles of open space they can throw into. This means you don't actually need 10 tiles of inaccessible open space. You can block it with foundations.

Make a perimeter wall with 2 or 3 tiles gap between a foundation the entire way around your prison. If that foundation takes up the rest of the 10 tiles (at least) and make the area between the perimeter wall and foundation Staff-Only and a Dog patrol route, you'll never need to worry about thrown over contrabrand again (or tunnels for that matter), ever.

[Mikhail Reign]

Yeah I just use the cheap fence wall to put up a wall 11 squards away from my prison. Just an external perimeter wall.

[Deadpan Serious]

...is it that hard to not have any Prisoner-allowed Outside areas near the map's edge?

[Frazzledragøn the Trustworthy]

Originally posted by Deadpan Serious:

...is it that hard to not have any Prisoner-allowed Outside areas near the map's edge?

Until they reduce the throw-range to Less-Than-10... yes, it is exactly that hard.

[Mikhail Reign]

Originally posted by Frazzledragøn:

Originally posted by Deadpan Serious:

...is it that hard to not have any Prisoner-allowed Outside areas near the map's edge?

Until they reduce the throw-range to Less-Than-10... yes, it is exactly that hard.

Wait what? Its not hard at all. Just add an extra fence outside the yard where you need it. If you use the cheap outside fence the cost is almost nothing.